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City o£ <br /> <br />ITEM 6.4 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />River <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND <br />ZONING ADMINISTRATOR <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />MARCH 19, 2001 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br />REQUEST FOR MINERAL <br />EXCAVATION BY AGGREGATE <br />INDUSTRIES CU 01-06/P.H. <br /> <br />REQUEST <br />Aggregate Industries-North Central Region, Inc., is requesting a conditional use permit to <br />mine, crush, screen, wash and sell sand and gravel products from the site in question. <br />Aggregate Industries's application containing details o£ their proposal is attached to this <br />memo. <br /> <br />The property is currently zoned A-1/Agricultural with the Mineral Excavation Overlay <br />Zoning District applied to it. If this request is approved, a yearly mineral excavation <br />license will also be required. Staff has approved a grading permit to allow the stripping <br />of topsoil on this site, independent of this approval. <br /> <br />LOCATION <br />The affected property is legally described as: <br /> <br />The Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE ¼, SE ¼) of Section 9, and <br />the north 320 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1¼, NE <br />¼) of Section 16, all in Township 33, Range 26, Sherburne County, Minnesota. <br /> <br />A vicinity map is included with this memo. <br /> <br />GENERAL SITE INFORMATION <br />The site is mainly made up of farm ground, not considered prime or of statewide or local <br />importance. Other than a scattering of trees in a few gullies on the property, the site is <br />void of trees and wetlands. The Minnesota Biological Survey identifies an oak forest - <br />dry subtype just to the west of the property, but does not identify any rare or threatened <br />species on the property itself. The property in question was part of the area studied in the <br />City of Elk River's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Mineral Excavation. With <br />the exception of the two residences that lie immediately to the south of the property, all <br />other residences are approximately one half (1/2) mile away from the site. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone (763) 441-7420 · Fax (763) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />