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Adjustment, but was tabled at that meeting so that a more precise definition could be applied to which areas would be graded in conjunction with the 1' in 5' slope variance being requested. A drawing defining the grading Iimits has been prepared by RFC Enbfineering Inc. and dated January 10, 2002. This drawing has been annotated by City Staff. City Engineer Jankowski adressed two items, one being the grading activity encroaches with the neighboring property. He said the adjacent property owner will join in the application and this will be listed as a condition. He also noted the proposed removal of the b.~,adjacent to County Ditch 51 is proposed to come within five feet of the ditch at the sou,l~ktem edge of the property. The City is proposing that a silt fence be added before e~vation takes City Engineer Jankowski referred to a memo received from arr::En~neering red,ding the Wetland Replacement Plan Review. He explained the grading~-"~it required Mr.'~E~om to obtain approval of all environmental ·agencies. He pointed'out bullet point 12 memo, noting the recommendation that a 12 percent bact~iS'i~e be provided in the areas'~¢ to be exavated and the 5:1 slope be provided in the al.i/e~d~ excavate&af~hs. He said that if the WMO recommended' differing slopes around the":~0i~a,~.M~:~:Efi~'trom would have to follow the most stringent requirements. City Engineef'~'~~ki said he would still recommend approval of this variance .... Board Member Johnson commented that ~adl/';r::~I~:~ermi~ting ag&~C~:es,are waiting for the other to give their recommendation first. H8 ~ked if'~iS cre:~tes, issue~: fc;r the City. city nginee Jam owski resp0, ded ali of th [ e i¢ must be':' plied for, and the work cannot take place until theY:are a2granted. He"said in the case where there are differing opinions between agencieS,;the mord;:(~ngent condition would apply. Mr. Enstrom's rep~sdatative state~'~e:~agenc/.~5..~/~il'd like to know this variance will be approved by the Ci~}.)and woU!d:be:::sat/Sffed(.~ft~ the approval being tied to the WMO Boarct'Member sweef}:stated'she!Would like to wait to hear from the agencies before the S 9ard..:~°'~' Adjustment ~[d~:its B6ard:::Member Johnso~Pointed out that the recommendation before the Board of AdjU'~ent is the standard ~m the U.S, Army Corps of Engineers. ChairpersofftNixt stat~d:~ne wasn't concerned with moving this item forward, though he thought there wasa'major flaw in the application. City Engineer Jankowski stated that this item could be tabled if the Board desired. He requested they give the applicant some direction on what they would approve so that he can approach the WMO. I i -10- Board of Adjustment/March 7, 2002 Page 4 of 5 I I