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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,April 17,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Additional site specific conditions should also be considered in approving the proposed construction <br /> staging use. <br /> The portion of the site proposed for construction staging is primarily over the closed landfill area of the <br /> property. The landfill has been closed for many years and is relatively open and flat. Layers of clean fill <br /> over the landfill were added by the former owner in order to establish a suitable cap for the landfill and <br /> assure appropriate runoff characteristics. The current owners have had borings done in the landfill area in <br /> order to determine the stability and extent of the landfill as well as what materials might be encountered if <br /> a future phase of residential development is ever proposed. The area which gained preliminary approval <br /> in 2016 for residential development is not within the proposed temporary staging area. <br /> The proposed site use plan indicates the rock construction entrance to be located where the approved <br /> future residential access would be located. This access point has been approved by Hennepin County as a <br /> temporary construction access. <br /> The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District has approved an erosion control permit for the construction <br /> staging activity. <br /> The Long Lake Fire Chief has indicated no issues with use of the site for construction staging. The <br /> Public Works Director has indicated this location is likely as good a location as the contractor will find <br /> for construction staging. <br /> The site plan suggests that temporary lighting will likely be utilized, and it is likely that to minimize <br /> impact on traffic flow, some work on the highway improvements will be at night. It would be appropriate <br /> to establish that any temporary lighting be downcast and directed away from residential areas. <br /> The site plan also indicates a proposed visual and noise-screening berm along the west and south <br /> boundaries of the site. The applicant is working with the MPCA to establish parameters and obtain <br /> permits for this berm. The City will require a grading plan be approved for this and it potentially will <br /> require a conditional use permit based on the volume of permanent fill material. <br /> The applicants have suggested that this site might be used as a recycling yard for projects other than just <br /> the Wayzata Boulevard improvements. The applicants should describe what is actually intended and how <br /> the contractor or Hennepin County expects to operate this site. One question to be answered is whether it <br /> is the City's expectation that this site is intended to be in use exclusively for the Wayzata Boulevard <br /> project and not as a regional recycling yard. <br /> Gaffron noted a letter from the Dumas family in opposition to the proposed use has been received. Some <br /> of their concerns involved the level or type of activity associated with the use,the location of the site,and <br /> the duration of the proposed use. <br /> If the Planning Commission concludes that the site is appropriate for the proposed use, Staff would <br /> recommend that an interim use permit be issued subject to at least the following conditions: <br /> 1. Establish an end date of the use to be no later than completion of the Wayzata Boulevard <br /> improvements. <br /> Page 16 of 48 <br />