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March 19, 2003 Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council: The HERON Group still hopes that you will turn down the request for a conditional use permit for Eagle Brook Church North Campus, since it is too large, too intense, and will generate too much traffic for the roads to handle. We also realize that you might grant the conditional use permit. In the event that you do decide to grant it, we would appreciate your including additional conditions that further define the permitted activities and protect the herons. We have drafted these below. 1. Protect and support the Blue Heron Rookery. a. The proposed conservation easement must be legally in place before any grading or building permit would be granted. b. The church would prohibit any human activity within the conservation easement during the heron nesting season, which is defined as between April 1 through August 1 of each year. One exception: observation by County and State naturalists may be allowed. c. The church will prohibit all boats and church member activities on the lake or at the shore, including that part outside the conservation easement, during the heron nesting season. d. Sound disturbance prevention: No horn blowing from the congregate, including weddings. No outdoor amplification from any location on the property. 2. Traffic Safety a. A right turn lane off of the Interstate 35 -east north exit ramp must be constructed prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit for the church. The church will pay the cost of constructing this lane. b. The City will set up a review panel to make quarterly reviews of the Eagle Brook traffic impact and conditions created by the church's events and services. The . review panel membership would consist of non - church members from the Lino Lakes and Centennial Lakes police departments, a non- church member from the Washington County Sheriff Department, a Heron Group representative and an Eagle Brook representative. All safety action recommendations would be sent to the appropriate city or county entity. c. The Lino Lakes chief of police, or his designee, will decide when and where traffic control officers are needed. At a minimum, any church activity which is expected to attract more than 1250 attendees during any 30- minute period,