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13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br /> Item ~ <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br /> STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND <br /> ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ~C <br /> <br />6./4. <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />JUNE 18, 2001 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br />REQUEST FOR MINERAL <br />EXCAVATION BY TILLER <br />CORPORATION CU 01-20/P.H. <br /> <br />REQUEST <br />Tiller Corporation is requesting an amendment to their existing conditional use permit to <br />mine, crush, screen, and sell sand and gravel products from the site in question. Their <br />permit also covers an existing hot-mix asphalt plant as an accessory use to thc mineral <br />excavation. Tiller's attached application contains a great deal of detail regarding their <br />operation. <br /> <br />The property is currently zoned A-l/Agricultural with the Mineral Excavation Overlay <br />Zoning District applied to it and was included in the city's Environmental Impact <br />Statement on Mineral Excavation. A yearly mineral excavation license is required for the <br />operation, which includes the hot-mix asphalt plant. <br /> <br />LOCATION <br />The affected property is located north and south of 221 st Avenue just west of US Trunk <br />Highway 169. A vicinity map is included in Tiller's application. The property lies in <br />Sections 3, 4 & 9, Township 33, Range 26, Sherburne County, Minnesota. A complete <br />legal description can be found in both Tiller's application and the proposed conditional <br />use permit included with this memo. <br /> <br />GENERAL SITE INFORMATION <br />The site is not considered prime, of statewide or of local importance farm ground. It is <br />however, wooded. The Minnesota Biological Survey identifies a dry-oak woodland to <br />dry-mesic woodland on the site. The City of Elk River's Environmental Impact <br />Statement (EIS) on Mineral Excavation considered the woods in this area. It was <br />determined that the city can not require that the property remain vacant and undisturbed, <br />depriving a property owner a reasonable use of their property. However, buffers would be <br />required to save trees where possible. The other option would be for a government entity <br />to purchase the property and leave it undisturbed. With an increasing demand for gravel <br />and a dwindling supply, it is highly unlikely that the property is for sale. <br /> <br />Phone: 763.441.7420 <br />Fax: 763.441.7425 <br /> <br />www. ci.elk-river, mn.us <br /> <br /> <br />