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O O\ CITY of ORONO Municipal Offices Street Address: Mailing Address: � H� 2150 Kelley Parkway P.O. Box 66 ---- Orono, MN 55356 Crystal Bay, MN 55323.0066 May 31, 2006 Phillip Conklin 3660 Togo Road Wayzata MN 55391 Dear Mr.Conklin: This is to formally notify you that the City of Orono will not issue a permit for you to place fill around the house at the above address. As I explained in our telephone conversations last week,there is a wetland on your property. The City has setback requirements from the wetland. When I visited your property on May 24 to determine if there was a clear edge to the wetland I found standing water against the back and east side of the house, standing water in the front yard and a new deck platform that appears to placed on top of the old ground level deck to provide dry access to the house. A wetland delineation will be required to determine the extent of the wetlands on the property. This must be done by a qualified wetland delineator and should be mapped on a survey of the property by a surveyor. It must then be approved by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. I went over this with Rose Barkley of Lakes Area Realty(who indicated she had been contacted by you) yesterday. In addition to wetland concerns, it does not appear that the required six inch separation between soil and siding/framing could be maintained on the sides and rear of the house as well as the required slope away from the foundation. The presence of water and the decks made it impossible to know for sure. Because of the plants along the front of the house it was impossible to determine what the current soil-siding separation is. Maintaining a slope away from the foundation and toward the east property line would be an issue here. If the wetland delineation establishes there is a buildable area on the lot,you should probably immediately proceed with your plan to raise the house. There would, of course,be setbacks and building code requirements to satisfy. There is a program that could possibly give you some financial assistance with this, if your income is limited. It is administered by Jim Erickson at Hennepin County. His phone number is 612-348-9260. The program is called CDBG Grants for Rehabilitation. I am enclosing a copy of a survey of this property from our files. The"Edge of high ground"denoted on the survey was determined by the surveyor based on unknown criteria. The required wetland determination will be based on the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act(1991). If you should have any questions feel free to call me at 952-249-4623. Sincerely, Evel n Turner City Planner Telephone(952)249-4600 Fax(952)249-4616 www.ci.orono.mn.us