04/25/2018 Environmental Board Minutes

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Enivonmental Board April 25, 2018 Page 2 APPROVED MINUTES Mayor Reinert swore in Ms. Andrzejewski and Mr. Sullivan for their re- appointment to serve on the Environmental Board B. Preliminary Plat and Site Plan Review for Nature’s Refuge/ PUD/Revisit We are revisiting the proposed Nature’s Refuge site, which is located north of Main Street and .3 mile west of Lake Drive. It is approximately a 95-acre site in the City of Lino Lakes to provide 62 single-family residential lots with associated streets, utilities, Stormwater treatment areas, and buffers near wetlands. The proposed residential subdivision is for low density and single-family residential use. Two big issues are moving the drainage swale so it would be outside the tree area and moving the trail to staying off the rare plant area. Mr. Asleson went through the recommendations and comments from the January 31, 2017 meeting. Mr. Heiskary would like to see some native plantings at the rear of the lots that would be backing up to the wetlands to help stop pollutes from getting into the wetlands. Mr. Asleson suggested to moving the trail away from the rare plant landscape/wetland area. No fill will be placed in the rare species areas of the wetland. On the question of borrow pits: a geotechnical engineer will be looking into the property and conducting tests next week and will be providing a memo with the findings. Mr. Sullivan still has concern on the borrow pits, the trail and the drawdown of water to make the land buildable. The educational plan will come before the board to review. Before closing on the property, the potential homeowner will received the educational plan. If there is a Homeowner’s Association, the educational materials should become part of their documents. The board would like to view the educational material. The landscaping recommendations have been noted and revised. The disturbed buffer revegetation and management plan will be more detailed and include a suitable, low diversity seed mix as recommended. As far as SWPPP is concerned – the grading of the site will be in one phase. The rest of the remarks are noted.