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Eagle Brook Church • page 3 • exists with the existing residential driveway. In addition, it would allow the traffic control personnel to help the resident onto the road during church events. (Traffic control personnel should be required during services and large events.) Another alternative exists to creating a new driveway location. If the church driveway is constructed at the originally proposed location, the house could use that driveway with a shared access easement between the two properties. This would avoid creating a new conflict point (the house driveway already exists.) City staff typically avoid shared driveways on other residential parcels since they tend to create situations that function as flag lots. The church will dedicate additional right of way to Anoka County for 20th Ave. (CSAH 21) to total 60 feet from the centerline along the entire property being platted. Conservation Easement: The church is proposing a conservation easement in the southwest corner of the property. The final size and boundaries of the easement is under consideration by the church. It would involve restoring part of the area to a native prairie as well as attempts to eliminate invasive species in the wooded wetland areas. The easement likely will be granted to the Rice Creek Watershed District. As noted, the church has not determined the final dimensions of the conservation easement. At any rate, it should include the round wetland and a 25' buffer around it. (Information submitted December 3rd has not been reviewed for this report.) Wastewater System: The proposed wastewater treatment system includes a tank, a pretreatment step, and a mound soil treatment system (drainfield). With the pretreatment, the proposed system exceeds the requirements of the state and the county. (Lino Lakes does not have its own septic system requirements: the City is therefore required to adhere to the Anoka County regulations.) With the pretreatment, effluent from the proposed system will be better than the standard septic system utilized by others in the area. Because of the distance between the building and the tank, the pipe must be insulated to prevent freezing. The pretreatment element area and the mound should be protected from snowmobiles and ATVs with a fence. We can add these as conditions of approval. RLK Memo On the Traffic Study: Residents submitted a memo from RLK Kuusisto, Ltd., which discusses the 2002 traffic study included in the Environmental Assessment Worksheet. The memo raises three issues: One, the 2002 study analyzed the Sunday peak period. The addition of services on Saturday may result in additional negative traffic impacts and should be studied. Two, though the study recommends the use of traffic control personnel, this mitigation strategy will not bring the level of service at the studied intersection into compliance with the CUP standards.