Letter to Terry Brothers Moon Valley 03-15-20130
March 15, 2013
CITY OF
Re: Moon Valley — Planning Case #2009 -14
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Mr. Michael Baier
7700 Market Boulevard
Terry Bros. Moon Valley, LLC
PO Box 147
530 West 79 Street
Chanhassen, MN 55317
P.O. Box 340
Engineering
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Administration
Phone: 952.227.1100
Re: Moon Valley — Planning Case #2009 -14
Fax: 952.227.1110
Dear Mr. Baier:
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.227.1180
Fax: 952.2271190
This letter is intended to confirm with you the status of the Moon Valley mining
operation and its compliance with the conditions of approval.
Engineering
Phone: 952.227.1160
As a condition of approval, you were to prepare a revised grading plan showing ,
Fax: 952.227.1170
grading on the east side of the creek ending at or above the 756 -foot contour. This
change must then be tied into the grading on the north and south side of the mining
Finance
area. The city has not received this revised grading plan.
Phone: 952.227.1140
Fax: 952.227.1110
Annually, you must submit a phasing plan showing the status and location of mining
Park & Recreation
operations proposed for a given phase /year.
Phone: 952.227.1120
Fax: 952.227.1110
Annually, you must pay an administration fee based on the number of cubic yards of
material being graded as identified in the phasing plan. The fees are taken from the
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Uniform Building Code Appendix, Chapter 33 (copy attached).
Phone: 952.227.1400
Fax: 952.227.1404
Annually, you must submit a summary of the quantity of material that has been
removed from the site and the quantity of remaining material.
Planning &
Natural ources
Re s R
Phone: l Res 71130
Annually, you must provide the City with a cash escrow or letter of credit in the
Fax: 952.227.1110
amount of 110% of the construction costs for the appropriate phase of the grading
operations to guarantee erosion control measures, site restoration, and compliance
Public Works
with the interim use permit. The city currently retains a partial security.
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.227.1300
As part of the environmental audit for the mining operation, two undocumented wells
Fax: 952.227.1310
were found on the property. These well were to be properly abandoned. The city has
no record of these wells being sealed. You need to provide documentation that this
Senior Center
has in fact occurred.
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
Site restoration must be done as part of each phase of the mining operation. All
Web Site
restored slopes shall be planted with trees. The trees shall be bare -root, native
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species, one -half to one -inch in diameter, five to ten -foot spacing in a random pattern
from the top to the toe of the slope. The approximate number of trees needed is
20,000 (7' x 7' spacing).
Chanhassen is a Community for Life -Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow
Mr. Michael Baier
March 14, 2013
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Spacing (feet)
Trees per acre
5 x 5
1,742
6 x 6
1,210
7 x 7
889
8x8
681
10 x 10
436
Storm water ponding for the project needs to be verified.
After you have received this letter, you should contact the city by April 1, 2013 to schedule a
meeting with city staff to discuss the Moon Valley mining operation. If you have any questions
or need additional information, please contact me. I can be reached at (952) 227 -1131 or by
email at bizenerousnci.chanhassen.mn.us
Sincerely,
Robert Generous, AICP
Senior Planner
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c: Beatrice Zwiers
ec: Kate Aanenson, Community Development Director
Alyson Fauske, Assistant City Engineer
Terry Jeffery, Water Resources Coordinator
Jill Sinclair, Natural Resources Coordinator
Enclosure
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1997 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
3309.3 Regular Grading Requirements. Each application for
a grading permit shall be accompanied by a plan in sufficient clar-
ity to indicate the nature and extent of the work. The plans shall
give the location of the work, the name of the owner and the name
of the person who prepared the plan. The plan shall include the fol-
lowing information:
1. General vicinity of the proposed site.
2. Limiting dimensions and depth of cut and fill.
3. Location of any buildings or structures where work is to be
performed, and the location of any buildings or structures within
15 feet (4572 mm) of the proposed grading.
3309.9 Issuance. The provisions of Section 106.4 are applicable
to grading permits. The building official may require that grading
operations and project designs be modified if delays occur which
incur weather- generated problems not considered at the time the
permit was issued.
The building official may require professional inspection and
testing by the soils engineer. When the building official has cause
to believe that geologic factors may be involved, the grading will
be required to conform to engineered grading.
APPENDIX CHAPTER 33
SECTION 3310 - GRADING FEES
3310.1 General. Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the
provisions of this section or shall be as set forth in the fee schedule
adopted by the jurisdiction.
3310.2 Plan Review Fees. When a plan or other data are re-
quired to.be submitted, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of
submitting plans and specifications for review. Said plan review
fee shall be as set forth in Table A -33 -A. Separate plan review fees
shall apply to retaining walls or major drainage structures as re-
quired elsewhere in this code. For excavation and fill on the same
site, the fee shall be based on the volume of excavation or fill,
whichever is greater.
3310.3 Grading Permit Fees. A fee for each grading permit
shall be paid to the building official as set forth in Table A -33 -13.
Separate permits and fees shall apply to retaining walls or major
drainage structures as required elsewhere in this code. There shall
be no separate charge for standard terrace drains and similar facili-
ties.
TABLE A- 33- A- GRADING PLAN REVIEW FEES
50 cubic yards (38.2 m or less ................................. ............................... No fee
51 to 100 cubic yards (40 m 3 to 76.5 m 3 ) ........................ ............................... $ 23.50
101 to 1,000 cubic yards (77.2 m 3 to 764.6 m 3 ) .................... ............................... 37.00
1,001 to 10,000 cubic yards (765.3 m 3 to 7645.5 m 3 ) ................ ............................... 49.25
10,001 to 100,000 cubic yards (7646.3 m to 76455 m $49.25 for the first 10,000 cubic yards (7645.5 m 3 ), plus $24.50
for each additional 10,000 yards (7645.5 m or fraction thereof.
100,001 to 200,000 cubic yards (76 456 m to 152 911 m $269.75 for the first 100,000 cubic yards (76 455 m 3 ), plus
$13.25 for each additional 10,000 cubic yards (7645.5 m or fraction thereof.
200,001 cubic yards (152 912 m or more - $402.25 for the first 200,000 cubic yards (152 911 m plus $7.25 for each
additional 10,000 cubic yards (7645.5 m or fraction thereof.
Other Fees:
- Additional plan review required by changes, additions or revisions to approved plans ............ $50.50 per hour*
(minimum charge- one -half hour)
*Or the total hourly cost to the jurisdiction, whichever is the greatest. This cost shall include supervision, overhead, equip-
ment, hourly wages and fringe benefits of the employees involved.
TABLE A -33 -13- GRADING PERMIT FEES'
50 cubic yards (38.2 m or less .. :............................ ............................... $23.50
51 to 100 cubic yards (40 m 3 to 76.5 m 3 ) ......................... ............................... 37.00
101 to 1,000 cubic yards (77.2 m to 764.6 m $37.00 for the first 100 cubic yards (76.5 m 3 ) plus $17.50 for each addition-
al 100 cubic yards (76.5 m or fraction thereof.
1,001 to 10,000 cubic yards (765.3 m to 7645.5 m $194.50 for the first 1,000 cubic yards (764.6 m 3 ), plus $14.50 for
each additional 1,000 cubic yards (764.6 m or fraction thereof.
10,001 to 100,000 cubic yards (7646.3 m to 76 455 m $325.00 for the first 10,000 cubic yards (7645.5 m plus $66.00
for each additional 10,000 cubic yards (7645.5 m or fraction thereof.
100,001 cubic yards (76 456 m or more - $919.00 for the first 100,000 cubic yards (76 455 m 3 ), plus $36.50 for each addi-
tional 10,000 cubic yards (7645.5 m or fraction thereof.
Other Inspections and Fees:
1. Inspections outside of normal business
hours.......................................... ............................... $50.50 perhour
(minimum charge -two hours)
2. Reinspection fees assessed under provisions of
Section 108.8 ................................... ............................... $50.50 perhour
3. Inspections for which no fee is specifically 2
indicated....................................... ............................... $50.50 per hour
(minimum charge-one-half hour)
1The fee for a grading permit authorizing additional work to that under a valid permit shall be the difference between the fee
paid for the original permit and the fee shown for the entire project.
2 0r the total hourly cost to the jurisdiction, whichever is the greatest. This cost shall include supervision, overhead,
equipment, hourly wages and fringe benefits of the employees involved.
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