Minutes - Planning Commission - 01/02/2001

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Chairperson closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 7:4I] p.m. in order to conduct the following public hearing. Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 7:48 p.m. Presentation Mr. Jankowski presented North Fork's request for a grading permit to export approximately 300,000 yards of soils from the proposed St. Andrews plat. Mr. Peck described the several options for destinations for the material in the previous case and haul routes. Citizen Input Larry Koshak - 15700 St. Andrews Lane N.W. - Stated the project is an extremely large one and he doesn't believe that there is much ground that won't be uncovered at any given time. This is a residential area and without proper erosion and sedimentation control, this project is not acceptable. There will be a lot of dust associated with this project. The developer does not have a good record as far as erosion control; these issues have been raised on past projects and nothing has been done. It seems that there is no communication or control between North Fork and their contractor, Rehbein. The work he has most disagreement with in the past occurred on weekends and there is no one at City Hall to address the issues. In this project, hours of operation should be limited to the regular work week and exclude weekends. Upon inquiry from Commissioner Reeve, Mr. Jankowski stated that the permit requires a financial surety that the applicant places with the City for these types of conditional use permits and the standard amount is $5,000, which would not be sufficient for a project this size. Mr. Dennis Peck, Director of Development for Northfork - Asked the Commission to keep Mr. Koshak's comments in perspective as he is the only resident that attended the public hearing to complain about proposed project. Mr. Peck stated that he is willing to provide a larger financial surety, he did not know the contractor worked on weekends, and Rehbein will not be the contractor on this project. With regard to timing, Mr. Peck stated that they would like to move as much of the material as possible before the golf course opens up for business in the Spring, but they will only move it as they market it and they want the full 3 year term on the permit, as stated in City Code. Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Kociscak and seconded by Commissioner Wivoda to adjourn the public hearing. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Kociscak, Reeve, Watson, and and Wivoda. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Johnson and Griffiths. Planning Commission/January 2, 2001 Page 6 of 15