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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/25/2018 Environmental Board Minutes APPROVED MINUTES CITY OF LINO LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Chair Heiskary called the Lino Lakes Environmental Board meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. on April 25, 2018. II. APROVAL OF AGENDA Mr. Sullivan made a MOTION to approve the Agenda with the correction of omitted Mr. Heiskary name and adding Mr. Sullivan name for re-appointment of board members. Ms. Andrzejewski seconded the motion. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Ms. Andrzejewski made a MOTION to approve the March 28, 2018 Meeting Minutes. Mr. Sullivan supported motion. Motion carried 5 - 0. IV. OPEN MIKE Mr. Heiskary declared Open Mike at 6:37 p.m. Open Mike closed at 6:38p.m. V. ACTION ITEMS A. Re-appointment of Environmental Board Members: Paula Andrzejewski and John Sullivan DATE : April 25, 2018 TIME STARTED : 6:31 P.M. TIME ENDED : 8:40 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT : Steve Heiskary (chair), Paula Andrzejewski, Shawn Holmes, Alex Schwartz, John Sullivan MEMBERS ABSENT : Liz Kaufenberg, Nancy Klebba STAFF PRESENT : Marty Asleson, Sayard Schultz Enivonmental Board April 25, 2018 Page 2 APPROVED MINUTES Mayor Reinert swore in Ms. Andrzejewski and Mr. Sullivan for their re- appointment to serve on the Environmental Board B. Preliminary Plat and Site Plan Review for Nature’s Refuge/ PUD/Revisit We are revisiting the proposed Nature’s Refuge site, which is located north of Main Street and .3 mile west of Lake Drive. It is approximately a 95-acre site in the City of Lino Lakes to provide 62 single-family residential lots with associated streets, utilities, Stormwater treatment areas, and buffers near wetlands. The proposed residential subdivision is for low density and single-family residential use. Two big issues are moving the drainage swale so it would be outside the tree area and moving the trail to staying off the rare plant area. Mr. Asleson went through the recommendations and comments from the January 31, 2017 meeting. Mr. Heiskary would like to see some native plantings at the rear of the lots that would be backing up to the wetlands to help stop pollutes from getting into the wetlands. Mr. Asleson suggested to moving the trail away from the rare plant landscape/wetland area. No fill will be placed in the rare species areas of the wetland. On the question of borrow pits: a geotechnical engineer will be looking into the property and conducting tests next week and will be providing a memo with the findings. Mr. Sullivan still has concern on the borrow pits, the trail and the drawdown of water to make the land buildable. The educational plan will come before the board to review. Before closing on the property, the potential homeowner will received the educational plan. If there is a Homeowner’s Association, the educational materials should become part of their documents. The board would like to view the educational material. The landscaping recommendations have been noted and revised. The disturbed buffer revegetation and management plan will be more detailed and include a suitable, low diversity seed mix as recommended. As far as SWPPP is concerned – the grading of the site will be in one phase. The rest of the remarks are noted. Enivonmental Board April 25, 2018 Page 3 APPROVED MINUTES There is still concerned about the borrow pits- but Mr. Asleson has stated that the DNR Water Appropriation Committee and RCWSD will be looking at the plans Mr. Sullivan would like to see the reports from the geotechnical engineer, DNR and RCWSD. He would like to see more information about the plan. Ms. Holmes would also like to see the RCWSD report Ms. Andrzejewski would like to recommend that there is monitoring of wells so there is not an impact of the private wells and/or the wetlands. Ms. Holmes seconded the recommendation Mr. Asleson mentioned that when there is grading in buffer area, the top soil must be put back from where it has been removed. Ms. Andrzejewski MOTION to approve the proposed changes and move the plan forward. Ms. Holmes seconded. Motion carried 4 -1. Mr. Sullivan oppose C. Saddle Club 4th Addition Saddle Club 4th addition is the 4th phase proposal of a single-family development. This phase is intended to link the Saddle Club 1 st addition to the 4th addition. It was suggested to do the buckthorn removal in phases and replace with native trees. Removal of any top soil from the buffer areas must be returned to the same site as much as possible after grading is done. Recommending a lower profile curb for the Blanding turtle that has been spotted in the area. There are three wetland delineations for 4th addition and they have been approved by RCWD A public informational brochure, on the wetland buffer, must be approved by the city and given to potential property owners before lots are sold. Also conservation signs be placed along the lots, on 4x4 post before anyone buys a house. A NPDES Permit is needed for this project. All weekly and post rainfall inspection must be submitted to the City of Lino Lakes by the next day after inspections. Enivonmental Board April 25, 2018 Page 4 APPROVED MINUTES Remove all Ash trees in areas where they may be a hazard impact to the new residents, as well as an economic impact. Enough money must be escrowed for one boulevard tree per frontage of each house. Ms. Andrzejewski made a MOTION to approve the proposed changes along with the Environmental Board concerns. Mr. Schwartz seconded. Motion carried 5-0 D. 2018 Environmental Board Goals Mr. Heiskary had reworked the document to be one page long. The board looked over the goals and made suggestions for the final copy. Mr. Asleson mentioned that the Enivornmental Board Goals will be presented at the May 7 work session. Ms. Andrzejewski MOTION to accept the goals. Mr. Schwartz seconded. Motion carried 5-0 VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Recycling Updates Ms. Schmitz presented the updates mentioning that the organic drop-off signs will be in placed this week. Budget has been approved by the county but needs to be approved by the City Council It was sugguested to email information about proper organics recylcing. The only email addresses that are available is from those that have communicated via by email. It was suggusted that maybe moving garbage/recycling cans next to organics containers will help discourage people from throwing trash in the organics container. Also there is now weekly pick up at Marshan and Birch Park. Monthly shredding will be changing back to on-site shredding. Simple Recycling will be starting on July 12th and information will be mailed out to the residents. There will be two free orange bags being handed out at City Hall to those that are interested and then after that participants will be receiving the bags from Simple Recycling. Mr. Sullivan asked if the city gets any credit for what is collected by Simple Recycling. Enivonmental Board April 25, 2018 Page 5 APPROVED MINUTES Mr. Asleson stated that yes the city does get tonnage credit from what Simple Recycling collects. Annual Recycling Day is Saturday, May 5 from 9am-3pm. B. Earth Day Discussion Wargo estimated that 400-450 attended the event, and handed out about 300 bags of popcorn. Total of 12 volunteers: 2 staff, 2 EB members and 8 students Thanks to Ms.Andrzejewski for bringing great student volunteers that properly sorted the organics, trash and recycling VII. ADJOURNMENT Ms. Andrzejewski made a MOTION to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 p.m. Ms. Holmes second. Motion carried 5 - 0 Respectfully submitted, Mary Fogarty Office Tech