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Commission backs shoreline stabilization and paver mitigation at 12492 (transcript: 'Menstrual') Trail on North Lindstrom Lake
Summary
After returning a tabled item, the commission recommended approval for shoreline-restoration work at 12492 Trail on North Lindstrom Lake with conditions including a soils-boring report, planting schedule, paver adjustments and remediation of unapproved right-of-way work; one commissioner abstained.
The commission revisited a previously tabled Shoreland variance for 12492 Trail (transcript spelled the street name inconsistently). Staff summarized updated plans for shoreline alterations on a riparian lot at North Lindstrom Lake: removing deteriorated riprap and overgrown buckthorn, installing retaining walls and steps under four feet in height, and adding approximately 1,400 square feet of pervious pavers with additional paver area requested by the city engineer to offset runoff. Staff asked for a soils-boring report to confirm infiltration capacity, a planting schedule with species and quantities, and clarification of paver type and soil medium.
Contractor/applicant John Book described emergency shoreline stabilization work and said crews prepped areas to address erosion; commissioners reiterated that any unapproved work in the right-of-way must be remedied and required documentation (seed mixes, planting schedules, erosion controls and stormwater plans). Commissioner (speaker 2) moved to recommend approval with conditions; the motion passed on a voice vote with commissioner (speaker 11) recorded as abstaining. Staff will forward the recommendation to council and require that final council motions include pervious-paver reductions where appropriate so future readers see effective impervious values rather than the raw requested percentages.
