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NaNUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, April 17,2017 6:30 o'clock p.m. -w4c The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District has approved an erosion control permit for the construction staging activity. The Long Lake Fire Chief has indicated no issues with use of the site for construction staging. The Public Works Director has indicated this location is likely as good a location as the contractor will find for construction staging. The site plan suggests that temporary lighting will likely be utilized, and it is likely that to minimize impact on traffic flow, some work on the highway improvements will be at night. It would be appropriate to establish that any temporary lighting be downcast and directed away from residential areas. The site plan also indicates a proposed visual and noise -screening berm along the west and south boundaries of the site. The applicant is working with the MPCA to establish parameters and obtain permits for this berm. The City will require a grading plan be approved for this and it potentially will require a conditional use permit based on the volume of permanent fill material. The applicants have suggested that this site might be used as a recycling yard for projects other than just the Wayzata Boulevard improvements. The applicants should describe what is actually intended and how the contractor or Hennepin County expects to operate this site. One question to be answered is whether it is the City's expectation that this site is intended to be in use exclusively for the Wayzata Boulevard project and not as a regional recycling yard. Gaffron noted a letter from the Dumas family in opposition to the proposed use has been received. Some of their concerns involved the level or type of activity associated with the use, the location of the site, and the duration of the proposed use. If the Planning Commission concludes that the site is appropriate for the proposed use, Staff would recommend that an interim use permit be issued subject to at least the following conditions: Establish an end date of the use to be no later than completion of the Wayzata Boulevard improvements. Page 24 of 72