05-15-2006 Planning Commission Packet

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City of Orono Application#06-3202 Gonditional Use Permit for Camp Teko Swimming Beach " April 19,2006 = Page 2 access to the beach difficult. The rutting also would make it especially diff cult to utilize the � Canlp's golf cart to bring disabled campers to the beach, a methodology added after a site-wide review and recommendations by a nationally knowii accessibility consultant. Temple Israel searched for alternative locations for a swimming beach on the site, but could not find a suitable alternative location. We also met several tinies with the planning staffs of Orono and the Minneliaha Creelc Watershed District to discuss alternatives and possible solutions to the erosion problein. Tlieir guidance and assistance were extremely helpfiil in considering alteriiatives that inet the needs of erosion coiitrol and a beach suitable and safe for young(5-12 years old) chilc�ren, asid developing tlus plan. PROPOSAL To stabilize the existuig beach and path and preserve tlie quality of Lake Minnetonlca, a shoreline stabilization project was designed to: � 1) stabilize#he beach shoreline usuig iiatural materials (coconut fiber logs)and native plantings; . 2) stabilize the eroding gravel drive lead'uig down to the beach; 3) redirect surface runoff away from the gravel drive into a vegetated swale. Tmplementation of tiv.s design will dissipate erosive forces and reduce soil and beach erosion and sed'unentation in Lake Minnetonka. The project plaiis outline in detail how the project wi11 be constructed. SI:i��IMARY CAMP DESCRIPTION � The Camp sits on 18.3 acres of a crescent shaped parcel with about 1,250 feet of shoreline and about 1,800 feet of frontage along Tonkawa Road. The major,usable portion of Camp is between 50-60 feet above tlie shoreline,with relativeiy steep embai�lunents. Camp structures coiisist of a Dining Hall and Office(ca. 2003) struchue with a caretaker's quarters, a 2-level stone lodge, a toilet/shower facility, a 40'x60' pavilion(ca. 2002), a small Nature building, a garage, 6 sleeping cabins, a covered cainpfire structure, a fenced sport-court, an open-air chapel, and 2 changing"tents." There is a Boatiug dock area about 450 feet west along the shoreline from the Swinuning beach. (For obvious reasons,tl�e boating and swiiYUiiing activities are physically separated.) Cainp is predoiniiiantly a stunnier camp,used by about 250 canipers in 3 sessioiis over a 12 weelc �eriod. There are also weekend retreats tluoughout the year, and a short Vvinter cainp session. A fiilltinle caretaker lives on the property year round. .