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• • • Planning & Zoning Board September 11, 2001 Page 13 Mr. Herman stated a number of the issues concerning the berm, irrigating, etc. had not been done and now there was a request that these issues be put aside. He stated if this was part of the original Conditional Use Permit, how could this be put aside now. He stated in 1997, they were told that would be the end of the Conditional Use Permit requests and now they were requesting another Conditional Use Permit. He stated Molin was not suppose to be north of 77t" Street, but this was not the case. There were many tree stumps and trailers located in this area. He stated the noise from these trailers was unbelievable. He expressed concern about the height of the silos as being unsightly as well as a safety factor with respect to the airport. He expressed concern about taking four -foot trees off an eight -foot berm because of the airport, but they were agreeing to silos. He stated his largest concern was the truck traffic, which had increase substantially over the years. He stated with the increase of the silos, there would be an increase of raw and finished products and asked how many more round trip truck per day to accommodate the facility would be needed for raw and finished product. He expressed concern about the trucks driving slow, the dirt on the trucks, and the debris left on the road and freeway from the trucks. He stated the increase of production would be devastating to their neighborhood. Brad Lindgren, 388 Thomas Street, stated his biggest concern was the noise before 6:00 a.m. and the truck traffic late at night. He stated when the trucks were coming out at 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. they were parking along Lilac Street and when two trucks were parked side by side, it was very difficult to see around them when trying to get out onto the street. He stated in the winter, the trucks were parking into the lanes of traffic. This was a safety hazard. He stated the first year from 1997 — 1998, Molin had reduced the noise and dust, but now those issues had increased again. He stated with a new conveyor system, that would help, but that would not solve all of the noise issues. Ed Schenek, 7859 Nottingham Lane, stated he lived some distance away from Molin and was still concerned about the noise. He asked if the new addition would only store the new product. Sue Miller, 7780 Lois Lane, stated many neighbors had fought long and hard about all of these issues, and their concerns had not been addressed by the City Council. They were concerned that with this new operation, it would go into a 24 -hour production and there was nothing stopping them from doing this. She stated none of the promises had been kept in the past. She stated the City had prepared a sound test, but the sound test had "mysteriously" disappeared. She assumed that the test was above acceptable levels. She stated it was time to draw the line here. She stated Molin received every variance they asked for. She asked how many variances was Molin going to receive. She expressed concern about the number of new trucks coming in. She stated when they had attempted to contact Molin about the issues they had, but Molin had not returned their phone calls. Terry Dunekel, expressed concern about the voices that she heard from the business in the early morning hours. She asked if they had a PA system and if it could be toned down. Kevin Kroells, 7839 Lois Lane, stated he had all of the same concerns as the other neighbors. He also expressed concern about the snowplowing being done and the noise that generated. He stated if cost was a concern with respect to landscaping, Molin should have planted the trees years ago as they had agreed to and this would not be an issue now.