Resolution - #99-06-119 - 06/22/1999

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Councilmember Hendriksen introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION//99-06-119 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT BASED ON FINDINGS OF FACT//0498 AND DECLARING TERMS OF PERMIT TO REGRADE THE BLUFF IN THE CRITICAL AREA AND SCENIC RIVER SECTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHEREAS, the Ramsey City Council adopted Resolution No. 99-06-119 adopting Findings of Fact #0498 for this use and herein approves the Environmental Permit subject to the following conditions. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: On June 22, 1999, an Environmental Permit ("Permit") was issued by the City of Ramsey ("City") to Jim and Kathy Weidenbach ("Permit Holder") for landscape alterations on the property legally described as follows: Lot 7, Block 1, Bower's Mississippi Acres 3ra Addition, Anoka County, Minnesota. ("Subject Property:") This permit is issued pursuant to Section 9.21 (Enviromnental Protection) and 9.23 (Scenic River) of the Ramsey City Code. The conditions of this permit are as follows: That the Permit Holder shall engage the services of a certified, licensed, or degreed landscape architect to develop a Landscape Plan, taking into consideration transmittals from DNR Area Hydrologist Tom Hovey dated March 16, 1998 and May 27, 1999 (attached hereto as Exhibits A and B respectively), to restore the shoreline, rip rap slope and top of bluff with native plants, trees and grasses compatible with the local landscape and climatic conditions. Said Landscape Plan is subject to the approval of the City and shall be submitted by July 31, 1999. Any objection to the submitted landscape plan must be provided to the permit holder in writing within 10 days of receipt or the plan shall be deemed approved. That during the period of development and implementation of an approved landscape plan, temporary ground cover shall be utilized to prevent erosion and trap sediment. The temporary erosion control methods shall be identified on the approved Landscape Plan. 3. City staff will set a restoration completion date upon receipt of an acceptable landscape plan. Failure to prepare the Landscape Plan and install the plantings by the dates specified shall be a violation of the Permit and will result in a fine of $500.00/day until the work is completed to the satisfaction of the City.