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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,March 20,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> 2. Use of the site is intended solely for activities related to the Wayzata Boulevard improvement <br /> project and may not be used to support other projects. <br /> 3. Use of the site shall be subject to Orono Code standards with regard to noise, lighting, dust <br /> control,street maintenance,etc. <br /> 4. Appropriate permits to be obtained from Hennepin County. Minnehaha Creek Watershed <br /> District,MPCA,and any other agencies or governing authorities as may be required for activities <br /> on the site. <br /> 5. Construction of a proposed permanent screening berm along the south and southwesterly <br /> boundaries of the site will require conditional use permit application and approval. <br /> 6. An annual review of the interim use permit shall be conducted to determine whether the use <br /> remains acceptable during the duration of the Wayzata Boulevard improvement project. <br /> Landgraver asked if Hennepin County has a site that they used during the project on Highway 12 on the <br /> west side of Old Crystal Bay Road. <br /> Gaffron indicated they vacated that property a number of years ago and Staff is not sure what the final <br /> intent for the property is. <br /> Curt Fretham, Lakewest Development, stated the entire site consists of approximately 30 acres and that <br /> they will only be using a small portion of the site for this activity. Approximately half of the site is <br /> wetlands and the other half is dry buildable land. Fretham noted the green pasture area would be the <br /> location of the majority of the activities. The area highlighted in blue depicts the lot. <br /> Fretham indicated the next slide illustrates the layout of how they envision things would work on the site. <br /> Access would be on the left side of the property. The trucks would come in and dump on the left-hand <br /> side. The material would then be processed in the blue highlighted area. Fretham commented it seems <br /> like there will be a lot going on but there is not that much to it. Fretham stated they have done similar <br /> activities on other sites previously. <br /> In addition,a screening buffer would be created. Fretham stated there will be a lot of excess clean fill <br /> available from the job and that he was planning on using it to create a future buffering amenity but that it <br /> could be created now. A formal landscape plan does not exist currently but some trees could be planted <br /> along the berm to help further screen the site. <br /> Fretham stated he has done some of this before in other communities a lot closer to town. Fretham <br /> indicated they did a large demolition of a church in St. Louis Park where they crushed the materials, <br /> recycled them, and then used some of the materials on site but then hauled some off site. Another project <br /> was done recently in Golden Valley behind Menard's where a large commercial building was demolished <br /> in addition to a project in Minnetonka at Highway 101 and Minnetonka Boulevard. <br /> Fretham stated he understands people have legitimate concerns about truck activity and the amount of <br /> dust that could be generated, but new technology has been invented and the materials are now dampened <br /> with water, which reduces the amount of dust that is created. Fretham stated the equipment will make <br /> Page 12 of 43 <br />