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Agenda Number A -' CITY OF HUGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Memorandum TO: Bryan Bear, City Administrator FROM: Rachel Leitz, Community Development Assistant SUBJECT: Renewal of Atkinson Mining Permit DATE: July 26, 2016 for the City Council meeting of August 1, 2016 1. BACKGROUND: Mr. Atkinson was approved for a mining permit in July, 1991 and has received renewal on this permit since it was issued. According to the permit, a biannual renewal process must occur. The Council last considered the renewal of the mining permit and held a public hearing on August 4, 2014. City Administrator, Bear, explained that there was no current mining activity on the site, but there was some removal of stockpiled materials. Bear reminded the Council that in 2012 they allowed the Atkinsons to move forward with the mining permit renewal process without all the conditions being met until the time mining operations began again. The conditions not being met were the requirement to biannually provide a topographic map of the site, calculation of stockpiled material, amount of granular material left onsite to be mined, and a reclamation plan. The Council agreed that the Atkinsons should not have to incur the cost of meeting all the conditions of the permit until mining began again and the permit shall be amended to eliminate Irish Avenue, north of 147h Street, and 152nd Street as a haul route because of a concern of the suitability of the road. On August 18, 2014 the Council elected to reconsider the vote on the Atkinson mining permit, in regards to the approved haul route, after the Atkinsons reached out stating their dissatisfaction with the change. On September 2, 2014 the Council reconsidered the change in haul routes and elected to allow the Atkinsons to once again use Irish Avenue, north of 147`h Street and 152nd Street as a haul route. The permit has expired as of July 1, 2016 and the Atkinsons are requesting a renewal of the mining permit. 2. ATKINSON MINING PERMIT RENEWAL REQUEST Staff inspected the Atkinson's mining site on July 25, 2016. There is currently no mining activity occurring on the site, but there is still some removal of stockpiled materials. Since the site is not being mined, the applicant is still asking that some conditions in the permit not be met until the time that mining operations begin again. The conditions not being met are the requirement to biannually provide a topographic map of the site, calculation of stockpiled material, amount of granular material left onsite to be mined, and a reclamation plan. Staff noted that the stockpiles have slightly decreased since the last inspection. The applicant stated that there is very little hauling on roads since there is minimal activity occurring on site. The City Engineer is not requiring use of water or calcium chloride on the roads at this time. There have