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Todd County approves Cold Spring Dam assessment in watershed plan and grants two sawmill-related CUPs with conditions
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Summary
The board approved a minor amendment to the Sauk River CWMP to add a priority action to assess the Cold Spring Dam for modifications to improve fish passage and ecological function, and granted conditional use permits for pallet manufacturing and a sawmill with conditions on hours, building use, storage and driveway access.
The Todd County Board on March 17 approved a minor amendment to the Sauk River Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan and granted two conditional use permits for wood-product operations.
Commissioner Neumann moved and Commissioner Denny seconded approval of the CWMP amendment, which adds a priority implementation action to "assess the Cold Spring Dam for modification opportunities to improve ecological functions; fish passage; water quality and altered hydrology improvements." The motion directs the Policy Committee to follow BWSR 1W1P operating procedures, including a 30-day comment period, a public hearing, and submission to BWSR.
Separately, the board adopted Planning Commission findings and granted a conditional use permit for pallet manufacturing and repair on parcel 070030100 and granted a CUP on parcel 20-0040500 to establish a sawmill for wholesale and retail sales. Both CUPs were approved with identical operational conditions: hours limited to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST Monday through Saturday; sawmill operations required to occur within a permitted structure; outdoor storage restricted and to comply with Section 9.01B of the county ordinance (with outdoor storage on designated sides of structures in one case); no loading or unloading in the road right-of-way; and driveway relocation or new access subject to road authority approval.
The motions passed unanimously.