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Elk River Municip al Utilitie s 13069 Orono Parkway phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 Elk River, MN 55330 Project Narrative -Well and Treatment Building Elk River Municipal Utilities is proposing to construct a 1,000 gpm well and corresponding treatment building on Outlot K of the Twin Lake Estates Plat. The building is proposed to be 12- feet wide by 24-feet long. Treatment will consist of the addition of chloride, fluoride, and poly phosphates. A 12-foot wide bituminous driveway will be paved for access to the building. Based on current demand projections, another water production facility is needed by the summer of 2008. In anticipation of this need, Elk River Municipal Utilities conducted water quality tests at multiple sites. It was determined that the water at Twin Lake Estates required the least amount of treatment. The Municipal Utiiity obtained the property in May 2006 with the intention of using the site for a well. A sign was placed on the property informing the public that it was the future home of an Elk River well. At this time the well house is excluded from the defined Essential Services and a conditional use permit is requested for the construction. Maintenance at the well will be performed from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, except in cases of emergency. No employees will be stationed at the building. No parking stalls will be added. The bituminous driveway will be constructed with a hammerhead end to provide for a turn around. A porticn of the site is currently wooded. In order to provide a level pad for the well drilling operations and equipment, clearing and grubbing will be necessary as shown on the attached plans. Approximately 10% of the trees will be removed from the site as part of the grading operations. A landscaping plan is attached that provides for replacement of the trees in a manner that will aid in screening the adjacent properties from the building. Screening of the site will include the addition of seven red maple trees, seven paper birch trees, and nine Colorado spruce trees. There are three wetlands on-site. The wetlands were delineated by Miller Environmental, Inc. on April 23, 2007. No fill of the wetlands is proposed. However, to install a driveway access to the property a retaining wall wi!I need to be constructed two-feet from the delineated edge of nrie of the wetlands. Construction methods will be utilized to minimize disturbance during construction. A silt fence will be installed at the delineated edge. Three options for the exterior treatment of the building are attached to the application. The applicant is recommending that Option 1 be approved. The cement board siding and gable roof will blend into the neighborhood and appear as an accessory structure. If desired, the building could be constructed with a face brick finish and/or a flat roof to minimize the profile as shown in Options 2 and 3. Lighting is proposed over both doors on the east side. The lights will be screened by the proposed building for the properties to the west and by the vegetation for the properties to the east. There will be no signage or outdoor storage on the site.