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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/24/2012 Environmental Board MinutesENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING October 24, 2012 DRAFT MINUTES 1 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES DATE : October 24, 2012 TIME STARTED : 6:32 P.M. TIME ENDED : 8:15 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT : Mary Jo O’Dea, Barbara Bor, Paula Andrzejewski, Martha DeHaven and Steve Heiskary MEMBERS ABSENT : Nancie Klebba STAFF PRESENT : Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson 1. CALL TO ORDER Ms. O’Dea called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES September 26, 2012 Environmental Board Minutes. Change Mr. O’Dea to Ms. O’Dea on page 3. Ms. Andrzejewski made a motion to approve the September 26, 2012 Environmental Board Minutes. Mr. Heiskary seconded the motion to approve. Motion carried unanimously. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Ms. Andrzejewski made a motion to approve the agenda. Mr. Heiskary seconded the motion to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously 4. OPEN MIKE Open mike closed at 6:34 p.m. 5. ACTION ITEMS A. Bill’s Superette Mr. Asleson presented his staff report. He reviewed land cover, rare and unique resources, wetlands, surface water/ponds, stormwater pollution prevention plan, grading notes, tree preservation, landscape plan, crime prevention through environmental design analysis, etc. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING October 24, 2012 DRAFT MINUTES 2 Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) is allowing the developer an exception to the rule regarding .5 Mr. Asleson stated he recommends not having rock bottoms to ponds. However, the developer must sign a maintenance agreement with the City and RCWD that he would be responsible for the ponds and he would clean the out at his expense. Mr. Asleson stated Great River Energy has a power line in the property easement. He said they need to stay 35’ away from the power line. He suggested contacting Great River Energy to see if they could possibly receive a waiver to be able to move a tree in a little closer. Mr. Asleson continued to review the landscape plan. He then proceeded to review the attachments which are as follows: 1. New landscape zoning rules 2. RCWD Review 3. Site Plan 4. Grading Plan 5. ESC Plan Phase II 6. ESC Phase Details 7. Photometric Plan 8. Photometric Detail Plan II 9. Photometric Details 10. Tree and Groundcover Plan 11. Shrub Plan 12. Tree Preservation Plan Mr. Michael Brandt from MFRA and Mr. Grant Rademacher, Developer, present to answer questions on the proposed development plan for Bill’s Superette. Mr. Brandt mentioned they have made a few changes to the plan. There are now separator tanks for the fueling area. There will be one large infiltration basin in front of the businesses. There will be no rock bottom in the pond. The superette site will not be able to meet the RMP3 Rule requiring the first ½ inch mitigation. There will be a swale installed on the east side of the property to help meet this requirement. There are no wetlands or ditches on the property. Mr. Grant is asking the City for support with variance request from the RCWD. Mr. Brandt stated if there are trees they can save, they will try to save them. They will be seeding the pond with a native seed mix. It was mentioned that the tree species mix should be changed up. With the swale, the trees planted will have to tolerate more water. It was stated the Sugar Maples will not do well in a wet area. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING October 24, 2012 DRAFT MINUTES 3 Several suggestions for substitute trees were made including Basswood, Hackberry and Pin Oak. Mr. Brandt stated they are preserving one water well on the site and possibly a second well. Ms. O’Dea questioned if there will be a car wash on the site. Mr. Brandt stated there will not be. She stated the City is trying to encourage business recycling and would like to encourage recycling at their location. Mr. Radamacher stated they will certainly be willing to try. They have not had success with recycling at other locations. However, they will not be opposed to recycling. Ms. Bor mentioned she would like to understand the tree plan. It states there will be twenty Ginkgo’s. Mr. Asleson stated they will tolerate almost anything. He stated Swamp White Oaks would do well as well as Linden’s in wet areas. Ms. Bor stated we want to insure there is diversity. Mr. Radamacher stated they will take a look at the plan. Ms. O’Dea questioned the number of parking spaces. It was stated there will be 102 total parking stalls. There are ghost parking spots in the plan if at some time they would need to expand parking. Ms. O’Dea stated there is a two story home behind the proposed development area, and asked if the lighting plan/tree buffer would be effective. Mr. Radamacher stated with the fence and plant material, there are to code. Mr. Asleson stated they will use the MS4 maintenance plan. There was a short discussion about leaving the store lights on 24 hours a day. It was stated the superette is open 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. with 24 hour pay at the pump. There will need to be lights on 24 hours a day. The Environmental Board made a motion to recommend supporting Rice Creek Watershed District’s (RCWD) decision for a variance, they support the swale and new landscape design if acceptable to the City, they recommend the City’s Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), the protection of trees and species on the land acceptable to the City, the Crime Prevention True Environmental Design (CPTED) and to connect with Great River Energy regarding the easement. Mr. Heiskary moved to approve the motion of recommendations, Ms. Bor seconded the recommendation. Recommendation carried unanimously. 6. DISCUSSION ITEM A. Amy Ulbricht and Amanda Lee, Anoka County Integrated Waste/Update ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING October 24, 2012 DRAFT MINUTES 4 Amy Ulbricht and Amanda Lee presented the Business Survey Recycling Results from the survey’s that were sent out to Lino Lakes businesses. Project Results: Overall 188 businesses were on the original list. Ms. Lee stated she made 175 telephone calls and was able to speak with 158 businesses. Out of the 158 businesses, 119 agreed to take part in the survey. Out of the 119 businesses they received 94 surveys back. Ms. Lee stated she emailed the survey to 41 businesses. There were 8 businesses who responded to the follow-up email. There were 78 businesses that completed the phone survey. There were 10 businesses that took the survey and completed it in Survey Monkey. There were 16 businesses who took the online survey. She stated 64 businesses out of the 78 are currently recycling. She stated cardboard, aluminum, paper and plastic are the most commonly recycled items. The following are types of information businesses requested: Additional containers: 13 Signage for recycling 11 Encouragement 7 Recycling brochure 6 Blue recycling baskets 2 Batteries/electronics recycling 1 Ms. Lee stated the phone survey was the most effective. Ms. Lee’s overall recommendation:  Work with businesses that want to recycle more.  Work with haulers to provide better recycling information to businesses customers.  Continue to promote recycling drop-off opportunities to businesses. Some of the businesses contacted were in multi-tenant buildings. Ms. Lee stated she would try to contact the owners of the buildings. Ms. Ulbricht and Ms. Lee will be making 10 site visits to interested businesses. They have three visits scheduled at this time. It was requested that we add http://recycleminnesota.org/ link to the City website under solid waste. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING October 24, 2012 DRAFT MINUTES 5 Mr. Ulbricht stated they will inform haulers after the business site visits of their findings. Ms. Bor stated she would like to invite Ms. Ulbricht and Ms. Lee to an upcoming City Council meeting to present their findings and show their progress when the Environmental Board presents their 2013 goals. B. Environmental Board Goals 2013 The following are the proposed 2012 EB Goals with changes from Board members:  Promote environmental stewardship with the citizens of Lino Lakes by communicating environmental initiatives in the city using various means of communication such as:  City/County Web Pages  Newsletter Spring Summer Fall Winter  Homeowner’s association meetings and publishing on their websites.  Press Coverage  Earth Day  Arbor Day  Recycling Day – (May 4th)  Partner with Anoka County and the School District with a focus on Recycling  Participate in Blue Heron Days (August), providing public service educational material to the public if the opportunity presents itself  Participate in Earth Day (April) activities in the community, promoting environmental awareness and collaboration with other environmental focused organizations. Offer Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop.  Communicate with our residents for conservation workshops offered in our area.  Monitor any activity in the AUAR as well as other proposed development areas, focusing on the values Lino Lakes citizens have expressed in the vision for our city and the unique ecological aspects of our wetlands, lakes and streams and subsurface waters. Apply mitigation plan as defined for that area. Be involved in any review/updates of the AUAR. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING October 24, 2012 DRAFT MINUTES 6  Perform an evaluation of past Environmental Board recommendations for development projects. Review a sampling of a variety of projects by site visits, discussion with city staff, and landowners, neighbors, on the outcomes of the Board’s recommendations. If necessary, submit a summary of significant findings resulting from the review in writing to the Community Development Director.  Promote conservation development within the City incorporating the Open Space/Trail Plan and Handbook for Environmental Planning and Conservation Development within the scope of the new Resource Management Plan, and the Resources Management Plan RMP-3. Review rule changes, SAMP documents and Surface Water Management Plan updates as they occur.  To meet or exceed our City recycling goal of 50 (1777 tons) percent or greater of our Municipal solid waste. Find innovative ways to promote and encourage recycling as a city. Inventory city facilities for recycling and look into ways for school facilities to reduce waste and increase recycling. Apply for recycle grants. Create Champion Recognition Day.  Maintain the Community Garden site and establish a preparatory gardening group. Work to get a sign for the gardens.  Implement the Lino Lakes Preparedness Plan for EAB as needed.  Work on Wollan’s Park Wetland Banking.  Continue to monitor the Heron rookery and water quality in the northern one third of Peltier Lake and to support the protection of resources in that area. Update Council on these matters.  Update Surface Water Management Plan. C. Community Garden Update Mr. Asleson stated the City did not receive the grant for community gardens. He will re-apply next year. 7. ADJOURN It was noted that the next meeting of the Environmental Board will be on Wednesday, November 28, 2012at 6:30 p.m. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING October 24, 2012 DRAFT MINUTES 7 There being no further business, Ms. DeHaven moved to adjourn at 8:15 p.m. Ms. Andrzejewski seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Transcribed by: Lisa Hogstad Community Development Secretary