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.^~/ City of Elk -~-1 River REQUEST FOR ACTION To Plannin Commission Item Number 5.1 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Planning Items August 14, 2007 Rebecca Haug, Environmental Administrator Item Description Reviewed by Consider a request by Tiller Corporation fox a Conditional Use Permit fox Mineral Excavation, Case No. CU 07-22 Action Requested Staff supports a Planning Commission recommendation of approval of the request with the following conditions: 1. Traffic from the operations area will access the new alignment of County Rd 33 with the majority of traffic generated from the existing operation area head east to US Hwy 169. Proctor Rd and County Rd 33 west of the exiting operation will only be used for local projects. 2. The site must operate under a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) NPDES permit for gravel mining facilities and a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan be implemented 3. Watering on-site gravel haul roads must be done to reduce dust 4. Fifty-foot setbacks from property lines and right-of--ways that are not adjacent to other mining areas must be maintained. 5. Along Proctor Rd, a setback as determined and marked by the Sherburne County Forester must be maintained and in no instance will the setback be less than 50 feet from right-of- way. 6. The site must be graded in accordance to the reclamation plan 7. Operations must be in compliance with all State noise standards 8. Mining and crushing will be conducted between 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday -Saturday 9. Topsoil will be retained on-site and used to create screening berms 10. Active slopes to be approximately 1.5:1 and finished slopes not to exceed 4:1 Background/Discussion Tiller Corporation (Tiller) and its operating division Barton Sand & Gravel Co. are requesting a Conditional Use Permit for Mineral Excavation on a parcel of propexry adjacent to existing sand and gravel mining facility also operated by Tiller. The property encompasses 36.6 acres however; the applicant is only proposing to mine the northern 19.53 acres as illustrated on the attached map (Exhibit A). This proposed mining area is adjacent to property that was included in the 1994 EIS Gravel Mining Study. This spring, the applicant completed an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) which the Ciry Council on June 18, 2007 declared that the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement is not necessary. Public meetings were held on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 and Tuesday, July 17, 2007 to answer questions the public had in regards to the proposed Conditional Use Permit. There were seven (7) residents in attendance at the July meeting and approximately nine (9) households were represented at the C:Alloeuments and SeCtings'\jmiller\Local SettingsV'I'empocary Internet Files\OLK3l;AREQUIsS'I' COUNCIL ACTION tiller.doe