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4 11/17/71 Director of Solid Waste Div., Telephone 378 -1320. Mr. Bob Gates: He owne the property directly East of this particular area in question. He was going to build on it but won't if this permit is passed. He said the smell will be unbelievable. Mr. Jack Menkveld: Stated prior use should come into consideration. He felt Mr. Roberts wasn't changing the land use. He also spoke from his own exper- ience that the smell is the same whether you're feeding garbage or grain. Mr. Locher noted there was no prior use permit, and that there had been a change in feeding operation and also increase in number of hogs kept. Mr. John Densted: He was concerned about the pollution. He asked who would see that it was policed as more people move in and complain about the odor. The Police Chief informed him that he couldn't possibly police it regularly. He would just have to go out when there were sufficient objections. Mr. Norman Miller: His home is directly East of the property. His children refused to go outside for almost a week in October because the smell was so bad. He referred to Ordinance #6. It states areas are residential when not classified as commercial and an operation such as this would then be not in accordance with the ordinance. He further stated it had no intrinsic purpose to classify it otherwise. He noted that he liked Mr. Roberts and it was nothing personal, he had spoken to him on a number of occasions about this problem, but it was a concern to Mr. Miller and his family that the stench not be allowed to continue. Mr. McLean informed them of the new Ordinance #56, but that it has similar references as those in #6. Mr. Grygelko: He was opposed to the hogs. He maintained he knew about the operation Mr. Roberts had before on Hwy 96, and that there ,.Tere real stench problems. Mrs. Grygelko: She said when she w ,3rked outside in her yard this last summer when the wind came from the West, she could hardly stand it. She maintained she never smelled the hogs or cattle when the previous owners lived there. Mr. Roberts asked if he would satisfy the complaints if he fed grain instead of garbage. He said he had many more hogs on Hwy 96, between 700 and 800. Mr. Hutchison, Anoka Co. Health Dept.: Showed an aerial photograph of Mr. Roberts' 80 acres and surrounding area. He pointed out the private ditch on the property which runs through the area where hogs have been seen, and then into County Ditch #25. He said they have enough problems with the water re- sources now and that everything possible must be done to preserve them. He differed with Mr. Husick's opinion that one hog was the same as one human. The ratio is known to be greater. He wasn't sure, but he knew it was about one hog to somewhere under 4 humans. He can get the information. His recommenda- tion was that if Mr. Roberts is permitted to continue, that drainage be kept from going into Ditch #25. PCA feed lot regulations are in force and they may also require a permit. Mr. Kelling moved to recommend to the Council that they not grant the Special Use Permit. Seconded by Mr. Jester. Carried unanimously. Hearing for the Chomonix South Plat, U.S. Lakes Development Co. Mr. Locher advised of filings of: Notice of Hearings, Affidavit of Mai lings, Affidavit