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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 6996 kESH0 A RESOLUTION GRANTING A WETLAND ALTERATION PERMIT PURSUANT TO ORONO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 78-1610 FILE NO. LA19-000032 WHEREAS, Gregg W. Steinhafel and Denise E Steinhafel, a married couple (hereinafter the"Owner")are the owners of the property located at 2265 North Shore Drive within the City of Orono (hereinafter"City") and legally described as attached Exhibit A (hereinafter"the Property"); and WHEREAS, John Adams (hereinafter the "Applicant") on behalf of the Owners has made an application to the City pursuant to Orono Municipal Code Section 78-1610 for a wetland alteration permit (hereinafter the "Permit") in order to fill in the wetland adjacent to their residence building on the Property, identified as Wetland E on the attached Exhibit B (hereinafter the "Wetland"); WHEREAS, the Applicant proposes to mitigate for the impacts to the Wetland off- site via the purchase of banked credits as governed by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (hereinafter the"MCWD"); and WHEREAS, after due published notice and mailed notice in accordance with Minnesota Statutes and the Orono, Minnesota, City Code, the Orono Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 17, 2019, at which times all persons desiring to be heard concerning this application were given the opportunity to speak thereon. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Orono, Minnesota: FINDINGS 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File LA19-000032. 2. The Property is located in the LR-1A One Family Lakeshore Residential Zoning District which requires a minimum lot area of 2.0 acres and a minimum lot width of 200'. 3. The Planning Commission reviewed this application at a public hearing held on June 17, 2019 and recommended conditional approval of the Permit based on the following findings: Page 1 of 9