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• Agenda Item 5D Environmental Board Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 Topic: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Background: Application to build a Church on the shores of Rice Lake was received on October 11th. Rice Lake is classified as a Natural Environmental Lake. The application proposal includes plans for a structure of 5,032 square feet. Their proposed building will be 4200 square feet. The proposed auditorium of 224 seating capacity on the plan will be reduced to 170 for the proposed structure. General Location Map is included as Attachment 1. The property is located just south of the Seaplane Base. The Church is proposing a designed wastewater treatment system. The property is located in a shoreland management overlay district. The property is zoned R1. The property would require a Conditional Use Permit. The property is unsewered. An on site system is proposed. Analysis: Shoreland Overlay Management District. The Planning and Zoning Board will be reviewing the plan for conformance to the Shoreland Management Overlay District standards. Regardless of the district standards, it is recommended from an environmental viewpoint to move the proposed septic system as far away from the lake area as possible, and surface water treatment areas away from the Septic System. Adequate lake -view screening should be presented in the plan. Screening should be reviewed by the city to be of adequate size spacing and species selection to provide for this screening. Site Vegetation The MLCCS for Kingdom Hall is shown on Attachment 2. From Rice Lake, there is a band of Seasonally Flooded Non - Native Dominated Emergent Vegetation, with a small area of Palustrine Open Water within this band. To the west is another band of 11% to 25% Impervious Cover with Perennial Grasses and Sparse Trees. There are no known unique vegetation or wildlife indicators in our GIS for this area. Trees on the site are labeled but we do not have the inventory or preservation plan. For the most part there are Siberian Elm, Red Pine and 2 White Spruce on the road right -of -way. There are 4 Red Oaks in good condition in the center of the property. There are Siberian Elm and Cottonwood on the Lakeside of the project.