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Zoning File #1852 August 13, 1993 Page 3 Please review Exhibits M and N, the resolutions that granted approval of the first and most current CUP. As Gustafson’s report notes, many of the conditions set forth in the previous approvals will hold true for the final 70,000 cubic yard permit. Please review Exhibit A-1. The applicant seeks approval of a two-year deadline for filling. Applicant advises the materials to complete the current CUP will be from a project called Gleason Creek Improvements. This is a joint project of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and the City of Wayzata involving the excavation of two large ponds and sedimentation basins to reduce flooding in the City of Wayzata. Based on applicant's approximations, it would appear that 40,000 cubic yards of current 70,000 cubic yard permit be completed in the fall or winter of this year and that in the second or final year, 30,000 cubic yards of fill would be placed. Staff (Public Works Director, Police Department, Building Staff and Consultants) have met with GL Contracting representatives and the applicant to discuss the hauling route and time frame. Filling has already taken place under the current CUP and has proceeded without any incident except for one inspection completed by the Building staff where it was found that trees, fuel tanks and other construction debris were being filled over. A Stop Work Order was posted by the Orono staff. The contractor has advised that the illegal debris has been removed. Applicant should be cautioned that only clean fill shall be allowed and that site cannot function as a sanitary landfill and should not be receiving materials as observed by the Building staff. Applicant should be asked to respond to this matter. Please note the older plans submitted for the 1987 review (Exhibits H. I and J) were developed for an earlier application before the City and were accepted for the ’87 review. The cross sections show fill at a 2(X),(3(X) cubic yards widi a 10’ vertical height. Review Exhibit L. This sketch was drafted by Glenn Cook depicting a typical section for a fill project at 100,000 cubic yards limited to a 5’ vertical rise. Applicant should be asked to comment on his future plans for this site. The property is zoned RR-IB and could never be used for residential development nor do the various reviewing agencies recommend that the area be ever used for the planting of crops. The Engineer ’s current report suggests that we view the aestnetics of allowing more fill at some future time. The higher elevations would not be consistent with the surrounding wetlands. Please remember this was a former wetland area that was filled many years ago and was contiguous with the surrounding wetland. Staff Recommendation As City has already found no issue or problem with approving 100,000 cubic yards for this site in 1987, staff would suggest that the additional 70,()00 cubic yards be approved for placement and filling on the site subject :o the appropriate conditions of the original Resolution No. 2192 and the more recent conditions as set forth in Resolution No. 3192. As already noted in the memo above, staff requests copies of a grading plan and erosion control detail submitted