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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 8) ! 6 j; <br />wetland. That access was on private property, and the owner recently converted it to lawn <br />area. The City has long held that the City has an obligation to provide reasonable access <br />to the interior roads on the island for the needs of the few inland prope1iies which do not <br />abut the lakeshore, and for the occasional service or emergency vehicles which may need <br />to access the island. <br />B) A small wetland lies within the 90' wide dedicatedright-of-wayconidor. The wetland in <br />question is approximately 1/8 acre in area and is not on the City's 197 4 wetland invento1y, <br />and therefore is not defined as a "City-protected Wetland"; however, it is subject to <br />Wetland Conservation Act (WCA) regulations, which the Mi1mehaha Creek Watershed <br />District administers on the City's behalf. <br />C) The project is being proposed under the WCA "de minim us" rnles because it involves less <br />than 400 s.f. of wetland area being filled. Therefore, the amount of fill and the impact of that <br />fi]J is so minor as to not require mitigation. The proposed filling is 215 s. f. at the SE comer <br />of the wetland. The proposed driveway fill will be no closer than 6' from the property line <br />to the south. This complies with City requirements that do not allow filling within 5' of a <br />lot line. <br />D) The filling will impact a 12 cubic yard area of flood plain. An equivalent volume will be <br />excavated adjacent to the NW comer of the floodplain area within the right-of-way as <br />equal mitigation. <br />E) The driveway will constitute filling of25 cubic yards of gravel in the 0-75' zone, requiring <br />a CUP, and will constitute approximately 7 50 s.f. or 12% impervious surface in the 0-75' <br />zone. These impacts are unavoidable in order to provide suitable access, and have been <br />minimized by limiting the width of the driveway to 10'. <br />F) This application was prepared by Public Services Director Greg Gappa with the assistance <br />of Jolm Smyth, Water Resource Specialist with Bonestroo & Associates, the City's <br />enginee1ing and enviromnental consultants. The appropriate applications are being made <br />to the MCWD. MCWD approval shall be required before the project may commence. <br />4. The City Council finds that the hardships and special conditions supporting approval of the <br />variances and CUP include the following: <br />Page 2 of6