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• • • concrete wall. This seems to work on the freeway noise and would probably work for our situation as well. They could pay for the wall out of the moneys provided by the city and state to expand their operations. This money came from us the taxpayers. They have (or will) provided a berm. This was built for the view not the sound. It was states at our meeting that a berm does nothing for noise. Randall Moline was quoted in the City of Lino Lakes minutes as saying that he has only received complaints from two of the neighbors. I don't feel that this is an accurate statement. I know that he has received calls from the Cables, Millers and myself. I try to _ be a good neighbor and not complain. I have never placed a call to the police. I felt that the company was aware of the problem when they received one call and didn't need to get several before that took the complaint seriously. Randy also stated that he gave us a phone number to call in 1997 but he has never returned any of our calls. I do not hear the beepers very often in the winter when my windows are closed and the furnace is on. I do hear them everyday in the summer if I leave my windows open. In order to sleep through the night I have to sleep with my windows shut and my air conditioner and fan running. I do not think that this is a sacrifice that I should have to make in order to sleep in my own home. I pay taxes — which have just increased to $3,200 next year. This is a great deal of money to pay to live in a home that my family has troubles sleeping past 4am, can't use my yard a couple of weeks a year due to the sand flying off of the yard and berm , has damage done to the south side of my home (also due to the sand), and pay extra money to run electrical appliances in order to drown out the sound of Moline Concrete factory (and deliveries). I know that this has or will depreciate the value of my home if or when I choose to sell it. There are Cranes, Dump trucks, forklifts, and Semi's that come with in a few of hundred feet of our property lines. All of these vehicles make a lot of noise. The machine that lifts for walls of concrete is also loud and all of these machines shake the ground. They also use chain saws to saw off the end of the rebarb. All of these sounds awakens us. There is currently a pile of sand on the north end. Moline has been selling (or giving away) the sand. This means that we are still going to have the dump trucks and cranes at the berm next summer. There is a lot of dust created by the movement of all of these vehicles. I have photographs of this —I will enclose some of these. I would like to have the pictures returned if you don't need it. I am contemplating hiring a lawyer about this issue. I am unable to use my yard or leave my windows open if the wind blows at all. If I do leave a window open I have sand all over in my house. If I am out in the yard I get sand in my eyes and am unable to enjoy my property. It was agreed that Moline were going to lie down used asphalt to eliminate this problem. I'm not sure what made it into the permit but the company, neighbors and the city agreed this to. We also agreed to a berm. The berm was to be off of the property line 150 feet. They showed us a lay out with pine, deciduous trees, and bushes mixed to cover the whole berm. It has been three and a half years since we all agreed on this. It took Two and a