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MAR-27-97 THU 10:56 FAX NO, 6123495230 P. 02 ~' t. FIVE D LIMITED. Gas/Convenience Store Operations and Land Development • Charles E.Durand President, C.E.O. Robert R.Durand Vice President,Treasurer Ralph S.Durand Director of Developnient March 27, 1997 Ms. Pam Sheldon Community Development Director City of Mounds View 2401 Highway 10 Mounds View, MN 55112 Dear Pam: We are sorry that our presentation at the Planning Commission meeting needed to be cut short due to time constraints. We had a number of experts available at that time ready to supplement their reports and answer questions of either staff or Planning Commission members. We would now like to summarize what we perceive to be the major areas of concern acknowledged by the Planning Commission. 1) IMPACT ON THE BUFFER ZONE The conceptual plan indicates that the buffer zone of 100 feet has changed dramatically from 1988 to 1992. We do not feel however, that the amount of actual wetland ponding has necessarily increased from 1988 to 1992, but rather wetland vegetation has expanded and this accounts for the wet land area growth. We know for a fact that the wetland pond actually dries up may times in the summer and is therefore not a specified area. With proper approvals, we would like to enhance the wetland area by deepening the pond and establishing a permanent body of water. Our plan shows the impervious area encroaching on approximately 40 percent of the wetland buffer zone as determined by the 1992 delineation. The existing office building "TJB Homes" is almost entirely in the 1988 and 1992 buffer area and if we consider the change in the restaurant site proposed by the city approximately 2/3 of the restaurant building would be with in the 1992 buffer area. The point we are making is that a certain amount of encroachment on the 100 foot buffer zone has already taken place • n„t Finaneiai Ptxza_Suitc 2.500 • 120 South 6th Street•Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402