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• • Agenda Item 5A Environmental Board Meeting Date: August 26, 2009 Topic: Conditional Use Permit/7868 Lake Drive (VFW Building) Background: The Environmental Board review of the VFW site proposal was done at the October 2003 Environmental Board Meeting. Recommendations from that review are included as Attachment 7. In addition to these recommendations, the report also stated: • Actual Parking stalls were 89. • All sod areas should be designed with irrigation systems. • Landscape Plan in 2003 was lacking detail • Larger Shade trees should be planted on the South lot lines to screen flag pole lighting from adjacent residence. The original owners (VFW) fell into bankruptcy and the building has been vacant for 6 years. North Springs Church made application in August 2009, to occupy the building under a conditional use permit. Analysis: Surface Water There is no information at this time on the RCWD recommendations that may have been made in 2003. RCWD is researching this issue. The site is over 2 acres in size so the threshold for review by RCWD should have been met and a review done under the old rules. A half - finished infiltration pond is located on the road right of way. In 2003, there was a question of whether the infiltration pond would be allowed in the ROW. Engineering now has a letter from Anoka County authorizing the use of the ROW for this purpose. Erosion and sedimentation has caused the infiltration pond to fill in with the overflow pipe half buried. The infiltration pond will have to be re- graded. The Environmental Board recommended in 2003 that if additional parking were needed that pervious parking be installed. The number of needed parking stalls may go into a higher number because of different use of the building. Because of possible increase in parking needs, it is recommended that the church look at pervious parking on the remaining parking lot areas that need to be paved. If pervious pavement is added,