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ADMIN 1000 (R~v, 1/78) <br /> <br /> DEPARTMENT Environmental ,PI anni ng/Cri ti cai <br /> <br />FROM : <br /> <br />: Lloyd Schnelle <br /> City Administrator <br /> <br /> STATE ESOTA /' ~ " <br /> O[[ice Mernoran [Urn <br />Areas <br /> <br /> DATE: May 2 ' -,::.i '" <br /> <br />Chairman, Environmental Quality Board <br /> <br />PHONE: 296-6662 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation on Permit Application in the Mississippi River Critical <br /> Area: The Proposed Hedstrom Electric Company Expansion in Ramsey. <br /> <br /> The Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has received the proposal for expansion <br /> of the Hedstrom Electric Company in Ramsey and the EQB staff has reviewed it <br /> for conformance with the Interim Development Regulations for the Mississippi <br /> 'River Corridor Critical Area. <br /> <br />The proposed warehouse expansion is consistent with the Interim Development <br />Regulations. However, the City should be assured by the applicant that the <br />five requirements for grading and filling as contained in Section E.1 of the <br />Interim Development Regulations are met. Those five requirements are as <br />fol 1 ows: <br /> <br />1. Earthmoving, erosion, vegetative cutting, and the destruction of natural <br /> amenities is minimized; <br /> <br />2. The smallest amount of ground is exposed for as short a time as feasible; <br /> <br />3. Temporary ground cover, such as mulch, is used and permanent ground cover, <br /> such as sod, is planted; <br /> <br />4. Methods to prevent erosion and trap sediment are employed; and <br /> <br /> 5. Fill is established to accepted engineering standsards. <br /> <br />The project is in accord with the Interim. Regulations, and the EQB has no objections <br />to the City's granting the permit.-.' <br /> <br />AES: bcl <br /> <br /> <br />