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Zoning File #2059 September 15, 1995 Paee 4 2. What erosion control practices and methods will be used during construction? 3. 4. 5. The City typically requires 10:1 slopes which will increase the amount of the emergent vegetation and provide an additional measure of safety at the border of the ponds, unless the area will be fenced. What will be the procedure for maintaining the ponds assuming that beavers or dead falls will block the dramage? Will the easement be granted to the City of Orono? The pond will become an element in the City ’s drainage system . . . How will Long Lake ’s characteristics compare to the urban basms identified in the article by William W. Walker, Jr.? Specifically how would Long Lake compare in figure 1, table 1 and table 3? Environmental Assessment Worksheet The environment assessment worksheet is a 24 page document prepared by Wenck & Associates for the MCWD regarding this project. City staff reviewed the EAW and commented to MCWD on July 18th. Their response in the letter of August 7, 1995 is also attached (Exhibits L and M). A copy of the EAW is available for any Commission members who would like to review it. Health, Safety, Welfare Issues Staff is extremely concerned about the construction process. The City s experience during MCWD’s Gleason Lake project, in which thousands of yards of dredge spoils were hauled from Wayzata on Highway 12 through Orono to the Eisinger landfill site west of Old Crystal Bay Road, was less than satisfactory. The constant dump truck traffic was problematic in itself. The droppings of sloppy muck along Highway 12 made the driving surface dangerous. The contractor required numerous contacts from the Orono Police regarding the need for cleanup and closer monitoring of hours of operation. The County Road 6 situation presents some even greater concerns than Highway 12. Sections of County Road 6 are shaded and therefore whatever slop leaks from the trucks hauling will tend to freeze and make that road even more unsafe than it currently is in the winter. The proposed access road location has fairly good sight distance for the Orono County Road 6 project. However, staff is advised that the City of Medina may disallow use of Tamarack north of the Deer Hill Road project, forcing truck traffic from that project during the winter of 1995/1996, to go south to County Road 6 on Tamarack. The Tamarack/6 intersection is fairly dangerous as is with westbound traffic at legal speeds having perhaps 2 to 3 seconds to react to traffic entering from Tamarack. Staff wholeheartedly supports the City Engineer ’s comments regardmg the need for extreme safety precaution at this intersection not only during County Road 6 pond construction in 1997/1998, but this winter during the Deer Hill project.