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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 26, 2001 <br />O'Connell made a motion for option 1 to recommend approval with recommendations <br />from the staff and the Board. Grundhofer seconded the motion. Motion carried <br />unanimously. <br />D. Pheasant Hills Preserve le Addition, Preliminary Plat/PDO, Comp Plan <br />Amendment — MUSA — Asleson stated that this was a formal application with a <br />preliminary plat as a planned development overlay, and he reviewed the background. <br />The site would be on an island on Wards Lake which was public water. A bridge would <br />be constructed for access and has already been granted a permit with stormwater outfalls <br />by the DNR. The DNR stated that the permit did not mean supasfor the project. The <br />site was under the Shoreline Ordinance with a setback of 150 fee building, while <br />the shore impact zone was 75 feet from the shore where no veg(' ''..4allowed to be <br />removed. The plan showed the entire island would be graded, andall vegetation be <br />removed. The areas to the north and west and toward the south ei e i ery sensitive to <br />aquifer contamination. Additionally, the entire area was40:.:v 641300 -year floodplain. Two <br />recommendations of Mr. Hovey of the DNR were to redit, e Apervious areas to <br />maintain the runoffvolumes and rates, and to enact covenants „ i'5,ithe homeowners. <br />Finally the Lino Lakes Management Handbook recden tIrmuch buffering as <br />possible. <br />Trehus pointed out that there were no mappA maps submitted. Asleson located the <br />bridge on a City map, and distributed a liatt)f shoreline terms to clarify the comments. <br />tr$ <br />4..?4 <br />Trehus asked whether water or wetlaurr up. ea the island. Asleson reviewed that it <br />was a sensitive area on a floodpl <br />indicated that the definition of b uff <br />while the island had only a 29„, <br />that part of the City. On theAnd <br />while the recommended buV"' <br />e island was just under 1000 feet long. He <br />here there was a 25 -foot change in elevation, <br />angeAr'1- hich was the largest change in elevation in <br />was a periodic tree kill from the water changes, <br />odd be on the perimeter. <br />4 <br />Chair Kukonen stated thdt wereseveral roadblocks to the project, and there was no <br />Comprehensive P Asleson concurred that the slopes were steep and the <br />developers would be aslung for variances on all the shorelines. <br />Gundhoferificired.ipoiit the j,ossibility of two houses, with no variances. <br />Chair Kukon Adicated that he had walked the property and recalled that there were <br />very mature tre Viat created an oak savanna, and that the wetland flags appeared to be <br />inaccurate. <br />Asleson stated that economics were driving the plan. He mentioned the developer tried <br />to preserve trees. <br />Chair Kukonen suggested that the City might want to acquire the land to preserve as a <br />park or open space. <br />4 <br />