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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 8, 2013 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 15 of 21 (7. #12-3585 SPRING HILL GOLF COURSE – 725 SIXTH AVENUE NORTH – CUP AND WETLAND MAP AMENDMENT – RESOLUTION NO. 6213 AND ORDINANCE NO. 102, Continued) MCWD permits indicating approval of the project should be required for the administrative land alteration permit (Zoning Permit) to be issued by the City as well. Curtis illustrated the layout of the wetland and noted there is a bio area where some dirt will be removed. Staff feels it will provide some of the necessary storage on site as well since the area will be seeded with wetland buffer vegetation. The Council should adopt or amend the attached draft Ordinance for the rezoning and the draft approval Resolution for the wetland filling activity. Staff is recommending approval of the application. Levang asked where the offsite location is. Curtis indicated to her understanding it will be located in Hennepin County. Tim Johnson, Applicant, indicated it is approximately 11 miles north of the golf course, which is the closest that could be found. McMillan commented this appears to be a good solution. McMillan noted on Page 2, Paragraph 4, there is a typographical error and that the public hearing was held on March 18, 2013. Curtis indicated the date has been corrected in the Mayor’s signature packet. Tim Johnson noted as it relates to the signature page, Page 4 of 4, it states the work must be commenced within one year of approval of the conditional use permit. The golf course is required to do some monitoring of the wetland mitigation that was done back in 1997, and that work cannot be done until the weather warms up. Currently the MCWD does not have a roadmap for us to follow as it relates to the work. Johnson stated his concern is that if that work is not done until July, it would be difficult to get this work done before the winter. Johnson asked whether it would be appropriate to grant a two year time period rather than one year. Johnson stated they could do the work in the winter but then they would not have cover in the winter and there could potentially be erosion issues. The goal is to do the work in August and have seed on the ground prior to winter, but if the Watershed District is not able to approve it until later in the year, it will be difficult to do that. Printup, Levang and Anderson indicated they do not have a problem with that request. Printup moved, Anderson seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6213, a Resolution Granting a Conditional Use Permit Granting a Conditional Use Permit for Wetland Alteration Pursuant to Orono Municipal Code Section 78-1609, with Page 4 of 4 being amended to allow a two-year time period to complete the work, and to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 102, Third Series, an Ordinance Amending the Official Wetland Overlay District Map. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. Item #02 - CC Agenda - 04/22/2013 Approval of Council Minutes 04/08/2013 [Page 15 of 21]