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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD Summary/North Oaks Company From the Meeting on October 28, 2015 STAFF ORIGINATOR: Marty Asleson, Environmental Coordinator MEETING DATE: October 28, 2015 Summary: Environmental Board North Oaks Concept Plan Discussion and Recommendations The Environmental Board met on October 28, 2015 to discuss the North Oaks Concept Plan. The following Environmental Board recommendations were made concerning the North Oaks Concept Plan: • Ensure the Shoreland Overlay District rules are addressed in the Preliminary Plat • An open system (not piped) surface water treatment train approach to stormwater conveyance be designed into the plan. • Concern for an active area for Blanding's Turtle be designed into the site, including dropped curbing, and into the open surface water treatment train design, and/or into the Wetland Preservation Zone design. Education materials for residents in the form of a brochure should be given to new residents, and signs for Blanding's turtle should be posted in areas along treatment train areas and wetland preservation areas. (Similar to Marshan Meadow's signs). • Native plants (grasses and forbs) should be designed into surface water treatment train areas and Wetland Preservation Zone areas. • Signs must be posted for wetland buffer areas • Normal landscaping of one boulevard tree per frontage be implemented into street design • Zoning requirements for berming and landscape be approved by the Environmental Board • Proof that all preexisting wells have been sealed and septic systems removed should be provided • A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan for North Oaks must address all of the Minnesota Pollution Control's requirements for a SWPPP. • Data must be provided concerning the requirement for EAW or not. • 50 foot wetland buffers must be designed into the plan.