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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 13, 2014 Duray reported that he spoke with the former owner of the property who indicated that there were 30 to 40 semis in and out of the Brings operation on a weekly basis. There were times when these semis sat on the site for long periods of time with diesel engines idling. Duray indicated that the City's traffic in and out of the site should be much less intense. Duray also noted that a suggestion that the former owner had was to not orient the City's operation toward Montreal Courts. The Administrator pointed out there will be no doors on the side of the building facing Montreal Courts. The Administrator indicated that the City's goal is that the Public Works/Parks operation will exist as a good neighbor. Murphy asked why the need to rezone to Public (P) District. The City Planner reported that the Zoning Code requires that Public uses exist in the Public Zoning District. He further noted that the Public District addresses the unique aspects of public uses. The Planner pointed out that even though the property will be zoned Public, and the use will be Public, the nature of the City's use has elements similar to the Industrial -Park (I -P) District. Shawn Hipp and Nancy Novak, adjacent property owners on Centerville Road, appeared before the Commission. Novak agreed that the City's proposal is an overall improvement to how this property has been used. Novak stated that her questions had to do with noise and traffic from the public works /parks operation as well as hours of operation. Novak noted that there was no traffic in and out of Brings on the weekends, except for Sunday nights. The City Administrator indicated that the City's public works /parks operations are generally Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., except in the case of snow storms and emergency call -out situations such as watermain breaks. The Parks Department has some summer weekend hours for parks clean -up, etc., and small trucksters are used for this type of work. Hipp asked if the Public Works /Parks Garage project had any impact on the need to move Centerville Road. The City Administrator replied that it did not. He indicated that the Centerville Road pavement is not centered in the road right -of -way. The ideal situation would be to center this pavement so that there was room for a sidewalk improvement within the right -of -way which would allow the extension of existing sidewalk on Centerville Road to Pioneer Park. Property owners along Centerville Road have been contacted about dedicating easements for the sidewalk, but they are not agreeable to doing so. - 8 - 8