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Chairman Kelley and Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator Jeanne A. Mabusth^ Building 6 Zoning Administrator February 13, 1992 #1713 Whitney and Betty MacMillan, 1560 Pox Street Conditional Use Permit - Public Hearing Pertinent Ordinance Section 10.03, Subdivision 19. Conditional Use Permit required as proposed land alterations involve grading and filling activities in excess of 100 cu. yd. List of Exhibits A - Application B - Plat Map C -- Property Owners List D - Location Map - MacMillan Addition Plat E - Site Plan Description of Request Applicants propose the relocation of a low retention area on the property to the immediate east. Refer to Exhibit E. The area is not defined as a designated wetland. Members may remember the area in an earlier review involving the subdivision of the property. Consultants for the applicants had reviewed the conceptual proposal with the City staff during the subdivision review. The City Engineer is familiar with the area proposed with the land alteration application. Glenn Cook has asked for a cross sectior. of the pond and a plan confirming where the soils from the excavation are to be placed. Herb Baldwin, Landscape Architect for applicants, has been contacted and will provide the necessary information. As of this writing, the City has not received the requested information. Staff will provide the additional exhibits and engineer's comments at your meeting. In conversation with Mr. Baldwin he advised that the relocated low area will still function as the current retention area a wet, dry meadow not to exceed a depth of 2', review Exhibit E. The application does not propose a permanent wet pond but merely an active pond that receives intermittent runoff during the spring and fall rainy periods. The pond will function as the current retention area to the immediate west. The fill from the excavation will be used within former retention area and replanted. Appropriate aquatic vegetation will be planted in active pond area. The plan does not propose erosion control. Any recommendation of approval of this application will involve installation of approved erosion control prior to the construction. Such erosion control shall remain until ground cover is restored to site. The City Engineer in his report may also seek amendments of the proposed grading and filling plans. i ^11