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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DATE <br />TIME STARTED <br />TIME ENDED <br />MEMBERS PRESENT <br />MEMBERS ABSENT <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />DECEMBER 13, 2000 <br />: December 13, 2000 <br />. 5:35 p.m. <br />. 6:30 p.m. <br />: Council Member Carlson, Dahl, O'Donnell <br />(6:20), Reinert (5:40), and Mayor Bergeson <br />: None <br />Staff members present: City Administrator, Linda Waite Smith; City Engineer, John <br />Powell; Economic Development Director, Brian Wessel (part); Economic Development <br />Assistant, Mary Divine (part);Public Services Director, Rick DeGarlanning <br />Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland (part); and City Planner, Jeff S <br />MOLIN CUP DISCUSSION, JEFF SMYSER AND <br />Staff distributed a memo regarding Molin Conc ; .. h F ide • ackground <br />information. Staff has received a letter from ncr requesting the removal of <br />one of the conditions of approval relatin <br />during nighttime hours (6:00 p.m. to <br />s replacing truck back up beepers <br />Mr. Randy Molin, Molin Con and and stated he received complaints from <br />neighbors late Septembe 1 tober, 2000. When approval for the CUP was <br />granted, rules regarding e e much more lenient. The company is now required <br />to use the audible ng vices on trucks. The company has changed the direction of <br />the beepers so they iminating as much noise as possible. Neighbors have <br />heard the beepers . + ow they aren't supposed to be used at night. An outside firm has <br />conducted two (2) n •`'se tests. The firm has indicated that most of the noise is from the <br />freeway during those hours. He requested the conditions be changed so the company can <br />comply with OSHA standards. <br />Mayor Bergeson stated that the City may have a problem if a conditions was imposed that <br />is not legal. <br />Mr. Molin stated that at the time the CUP was granted, the condition was permitted. New <br />laws were written in 1997 regarding this issue. If the beepers are disconnected, the <br />company can receive a $10,000 fine. The company is locked in to the way it does <br />business and can not abide by the condition for approval. He explained the reason why <br />the property has two (2) zoning designations noting that all conditions of the permit relate <br />to the light industrial parcel. <br />1 <br />