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INFOR VtATiON <br /> <br />-'~ty of <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />iver <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Stephen Rohlf, Building and <br />Zoning Administrator <br /> <br />December 9.0, 1005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: City Wide Gravel Mining Update <br /> <br />In May of 1994, the City of Elk River completed an Environmental Impact <br />Statement (EIS) on mineral excavation, city wide. At the time there were <br />nine mineral excavation companies that owned or leased approximately 2,500 <br />acres within the city limits. The property owned or leased by these <br />companies was incorporated within the mining district boundaries for the <br />purpose of the Environmental Impact Statement. <br /> <br />As part of the environmental impact statement, the gravel mining companies <br />agreed to get all permits (federal, state and city, including conditional use <br />permits) up to date. On the attached map, the areas denoted as active gravel <br />mines are required to have conditional use permits. <br /> <br />The following is a summary of the conditional use permit status of all the <br />active mines: <br /> <br />1. Barton Sand and Gravel-Current <br /> <br />- East side of Proctor Avenue, CUP approved on November 3, 1980, for <br />twenty years. <br /> <br />- West side of Proctor Avenue, CUP approved on March 16, 1992 <br /> <br />2. Baurerly Brothers-Current <br /> <br />- CUP approved August 20, 1990 <br /> <br />3. Elk River Bituminous-Current <br /> <br />- CUP approved May 21, 1984, for twenty years <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 ° Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />