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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 17 2001 would change several of the conditions that were adopted with previous approvals. The site plan review application is for a new manufacturing building on the site. The new building also is an amendment to the conditional use permit. The Council has conducted numerous discussions of the issues relevant to the Molin site. The City approved a rezoning in December 1968 and issued a special use permit to Molin in January 1969 to construct a concrete plant. The Sherwood Green residential plat was approved in 1978. Conflicts exist between the two land uses. City Planner Smyser advised that after the Planning and Zoning meeting, the issues relating to this item include conflicting land uses, question of what is appropriate in the neighborhood, and noise and screening. City Planner Smyser advised the City is having sound tests done and hopefully the results will be received by Monday's meeting. City Planner Smyser advised the Planning and Zoning Board did a' 'o application based on added conditions. He reviewed the added conditions ti o hours of operation and the required plantings. He advised staff does o � ' _ including the condition relating to hours of operation because it is too bi - p u • can't be enforced. Molin has requested that the condition re s be deleted because it is a variation of the original 1997 conditions Councilmember O'Donnell stated he in the open will be eliminated when stated there is a lot of activity continue. However, if the indoors to eliminate th t' a sue of the equipment running out ity is built. City Planner Smyser ading the trucks. That activity will ved a lot of the operations will be moved A resident indicate were upset because of 5:00 a.m. is too e nts present at the Planning and Zoning Board meeting not get to comment on the hours of operation. The start time y and there has been no compromise for the residents. A representative from Molin Concrete stated it is not Molin's intent to run a 24-hour operation. General hours are from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Extraordinary circumstances may happen that can cause extra hours of operation, but that will be infrequent. The beeper noise has been eliminated from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. City Planner Smyser requested the Council read the conditions of approval in the report and the final resolution, especially the conditions 13a, b, c, d, as well and the landscaping conditions. He reviewed the staff condition relating to the tree plantings noting that 5-6 foot trees should be included in condition 14b. A representative from Molin Concrete stated there is already a very thick grove of trees on the edge of the property.