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TO: Mayor Grabek Orono Council Members City Administrator nernhardson FROM: Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator DATE: December 9, 1987 SUBJ: 01216 Clark Winslow, 1595 Hohns Point Road - Amendment of original Conditional Use Permit/Variance Li! rt:hibits - Original Plan n 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 01216 that involved the dredging and removal of 1548 cubic yards of spoils from a designated wetlands. In the prccess of making borings ir: the area to he 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 th- road restoration runs a distance of 130 feat ad ja.-ent to wetlands for a depth of 12 feet. The 650 cubic yards of clay will ae deposited or filled within the east edge of the wetland. Winslow has agreed to excavate the west edge of the existing wel, land to compensate fur filling on the east s i de of wc,• lands. Staff recommends approval of thf, 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 z cad bed an s tProviding gentler slopes adjacent to wetlands. 2. Owner of adjacent property will provide additional pondinq area on his property to compensate for fiil of wetlands. Resolution #2296, approved by Council on ll/9/87, has been amended to include this final land alteration. This amended application will he presented to the Planning Commission at th-ir 12/21/87 mft-ting as an information item. The scheduled dredging by the applicant and the normal schedule of the Planni-,g Commission r.:eetings mane it impossit,le to schedule at the Planning Commission befc;re Council action.