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<br /> September 8, 2010 ~L~~RING & ASSO(IpT~S <br /> File: 120142E-0240 <br /> TRU! UURTII <br /> Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> City of Little Canada <br /> 515 Little Canada Road East <br /> Little Canada, MN 55117-1633 <br /> RE: PREWIRE SPECIALISTS, INC. <br /> CITY OF LITTLE CANADA <br /> Dear Mayor and Council Members: <br /> As indicated in our previous letter the estimation of the disturbed area for the Prewire <br /> Specialists site was listed at 0.95 acres in the submittal documents. This disturbance <br /> was very close to the required permitting size of 1-acre for the Ramsey Washington <br /> Metro Watershed District and there was a question of whether the driveway impacts <br /> should be included in this number. Therefore, we provided plans to the Watershed to <br /> review and informed the Developer and his engineer that contact should be made with <br /> the Watershed and a determination made if a permit is necessary for the work. <br /> Based on our discussions with Watershed staff, it appears that the driveway work should <br /> be included in the disturbance calculation and based on scaling of the drawings provided <br /> it appears that would increase the disturbance size to over 1 acre. However, the <br /> developers engineer indicated that the plan was laid out to be less than an acre to <br /> negate the need for a Watershed permit. The City's requirements are the same <br /> regardless of if the site disturbance is over 1-acre in size, but our requirements are not <br /> as stringent as the Watershed's and therefore the determination of a need for a permit <br /> from the Watershed will affect the development. <br /> At this time the Watershed is having discussions with the developer and to our <br /> knowledge a final determination on the need for a permit has not been made. Therefore <br /> we would recommend that approval should only be given contingent on resolution of the <br /> Watershed permit issue and compliance with any and all requirements related to it. <br /> Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the above information at (763) <br /> 780-0450 ext. 103. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> ELFERING & ASSOCIATES <br /> f <br /> Lee Elfering, P.E. <br /> City Engineer <br /> cc: Bill Dircks, Public Works Director <br /> Ilr-090810-CC <br /> 10062 Flanders Court NE, Blaine, MN 55449 -Phone: (763) 780-0450 -fax: (763) 780-0452 <br /> <br />