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Planning & Zoning Board December 10, 2003 Page 5 APPROVED MINUTES including insulating the lines and placing the lines at a de pth that would not encourage freezing. He noted there was another area iden tified for the drainfield of the house and they would be visiting the site within the ne xt 10 days to look at that location and they were confident they could locate anot her drainfield site for that property. Mr. Corson asked if they would put in some type of barrier around the drainfield to ensure that area was protected. Mr. Miller replied they would comply with State law, which required an owner being made aware of the drainfield area. Ms. Leonidas replied they would fence off the drainfield area, which would consist of a split rail fence, both on this property and the church property. Mr. Rafferty expressed concern about the aesthe tics of having a bunch of split rail fences on the site. Mr. Tralle asked if the septic tank would be pumped annually. Mr. Miller replied they would check it annually to see if it n eeded to be pumped, but it would be pumped minimally every three years, according to State law, unless the City had other requirements. Ria Cote, Traffic Consultant, noted they we re aware of the Wednesday, weekday evening and Saturday traffic. She stated they were in the process of gath ering this information, but they expected the results to be iden tical to what was completed for the Sunday morning peak periods. She recommended th e use of traffic control officers at key intersections and driveways. She noted there should not be a delay in the approval based on the anticipated traffic study results. Pat Smith, 9922 West Shadow Lake Drive, asked about the $500,000 request by Anoka County to MNDot for the two interchanges in the Quad paper. Mr. Smyser replied he had not seen that article. Chair Schaps invited the public to make comment. Mr. Wayne LaBlanc, 1677 Peltier Lake Drive, Centerville, thanked the church for the neighborhood meetings. He expressed concern about the conservation easement and the protection of the herons, as well as the timing of the start of the construction. He stated the island that the herons were on was ve ry fragile and for three years it was not successful for nesting, except for the last year. He noted there was only 200-300 herons that had come back, which was considerably lower than what had previously nested there. He stated this next year was critical for the survival of thes e birds. He urged the church and the City to go the “extra mil e” and protect this area and to shift the construction until July. He indicated the birds nested from March through June. He expressed concern about the conservation easement. He stated he did not see the leadership of the church implement this easement at the time of the permitting process, instead of later. He stated as a condi tion of the conditional use, the conservation easement should be in place. He expressed concern about the traffic and roads. He believed all of these concerns should be solved before the church received the Conditional Use Permit also. He noted he hope d the church paid their fair share for