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s4fei'^'"'.:ilt->w'*» A':/:;? !<:. * V i. ■ ■ . ; - To:Orono Planning Commission Members From: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator Date: Subject: January 16, 1987 #1098 C. Wayne Leneave, 360 Wakefield Road Conditional Use Permit - Public Hearing Zoning District - RR-IB Application - Conditional use permit for excavation of a decorative pond. Not a designated wetland. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Exhibit B - Exhibit C - Exhibit D - Exhibit E - Exhibit F - Exhibit G - Pertinent Facts: Application Plat Map Property Owners List Survey Plat Drawing Topogaphy Design Plans 1) Area proposed to be a pond is not a designated wetland but is a low area about 100' from a designated wetland easement. 2) Proposed excavation appears to be roughly 90'xl00' oblong or about 7,000 s.f. in area (1/6 of an acre). With a bottom depth of 5', average depth overall of perhaps 4', staff estimates about 1,000 cubic ya.ds of material to be excavated. 3) Pond as proposed is only a few feet from neighboring property to the south. 4) (See topography) drainage away from the pond area is either to the southeast or northeast, through a culvert underneath Wayzata Country Club's 6th fairway to the Wayzata Country Club's series of ponds and ditches. 5) Applicant has not, as of this writing, indicated whether^ there will be an overflow or outlet to the pond, how the banks will be graded, or where the spoils will go (on-site or off-site). These concerns were expressed by City Engineer, Glenn Cook, during his review of the site on 1/14/87. 6) Cook in general had no problem with the pond, noting that it is relatively high in the watershed above Lake Minnetonka and probably will act as a pothole to trap nutrients rather than send them along downstream, hence perhaps of some benefit to the watershed.