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To: Orono Planning Commission Members From: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator Date: January 16, 1987 Subject: 11098 C. Wayne Leneave, 360 Wakefield Road - Conditional Use Permit - Public Hearing Zoning District - RR-1B Application - Conditional use permit for excavation of a decorative pond. Not a designated wetland. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Application Exhibit B - Plat Map Exhibit C - Property Owners List Exhibit D - Survey Exhibit E - Plat Drawing Exhibit F - Topogaphy Exhibit G - Design Plans Pertinent Facts: 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 901x100' oblong or about 7,000 s.f, in area (1/6 of an acre). With a bottom depth of 51, average depth overall of perhaps 4', staff estimates about 1,000 cubic yards 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.