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TO:Mayor Grabek Orono Council Members City Administrator Bernhardson FROM:Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator DATE: SOBJ: December 9, 1987 #1216 Clark Winslow, 1595 Bohns Point Road - Amendment of original Conditional Use Permit/Variance List of Exhibits - A - Original Plan B - Amended Plan C - Cross Section of shoulder of road At the request of the City of Orono, the applicant has agreed to reopen consideration of application #1216 that involved the dredging and removal of 1548 cubic yards of spoils from a designated wetlands. In the process of making borings in the area to be dredged, the contractor discovered extensive pockets of yellow clay. The soil's stability - cohesive, plastic qualities are excellent for City to use in restoring and widening shoulder areas of Bohns Point Road. Please note these soils are not customary spoils ladened with rich nutrients. There is no danger of contaminating water quality of runoff to and from wetlands. Portions of the road right-of-way are located within the wetlands. The area of the road restoration runs a distance of 130 feet adjacent to wetlands for a depth of 12 feet. The 650 cubic yards of clay will be deposited or filled within the east edge of the wetland. Winslow has agreed to excavate the west edge of the existing wetland to compensate for filling on the east side of wetlands. Staff recommends approval of the land alteration that would allow the filling of the designated wetlands located within the road right of way of Bohns Point Road based on these additional findings: 1. The land alteration will greatly improve the existing road by widening the road bed and providing gentler slopes adjacent to wetlands. 2. Owner of adjacent property will provide additional ponding area on his property to compensate for fill of vv? ands. Resolution #2296, approved by Council on 11/9/87, has been amended to include this final land alteration. This amended application will be presented to the Planning Commission at their 12/21/87 meeting as an information item. The scheduled dredging by the applicant and the normal schedule of the Planning Commission meetings made it impossible to schedule at the Planning Commission before Council action.