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Environmental Board <br />September 24, 2025 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />Chair Schwartz took a motion to set the minutes. Mr. Parsons motioned to approve the <br />July 30, 2025 meeting minutes. Motion was seconded by Ms. Buchmeier. Motion carried <br />7 0. <br /> <br />6. ACTION ITEMS <br />A. 7920 Lake Drive CUP (Lake Drive Dealership & Office Space) <br />Tyler Huebsch plans to operate a professional office space for independent dealership <br />and office space for general business. The zoning would give the capability to utilize the <br />office space for individual dealers who have their own LLC through the state. Each <br />dealership can have as many employees as they wish but will need the office space <br />required for it. With each exterior office there will be 5 additional parking spaces which <br />fits the legal requirements to operate a dealership in Minnesota. <br /> <br />Tom Hoffman, City of Lino Lakes Environmental Coordinator, presented the Lake Drive site <br />plan and was available for questions. <br /> <br />Chair Schwartz noted that it seems like the proposal is to really cut down on trees, seeing <br />that the plans show that trees are going down from six to two. Chair Schwartz also noted <br />that he sees a recommendation for trees to be removed from infiltration basin one, so the <br />site appears to be pretty constrained. He asked if there is a recommendation for an <br />alternative place to re-locate these trees. <br /> <br />Mr. Hoffman explained that the Dealership and Office Space will still need to meet their <br />basin will get moved elsewhere on the site. He pointed out that the trees will most likely be <br />moved to the end caps in the parking lot that he mentioned in his earlier presentation. <br />Currently, the ones on the infiltration basin are given 50% canopy cover credit because they <br />are within 7 feet of hard cover. All of the trees within the hard surface itself will get 100% <br />coverage, so the City is hoping to get more coverage to break up the inside of the parking <br />lot and move some of these trees to additional locations on site. <br /> <br />Mr. Hoffman also explained that the design engineer is currently proposing that the <br />infiltration basin should be completely surrounded by retaining walls in the front and back <br />to prevent maintenance and access issues. If the infiltration basin does get moved or goes <br />away, the plantings would likely stay where they are currently at, along with additional <br />planting inside the site as well. Mr. Hoffman said the only thing he envisions the proposed <br />owner not providing is the foundation landscape planting for the trees. Otherwise, the <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br /> <br /> <br />