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DRAFT City of Lake Elmo Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of December 11, 2006 Vice Chairman Ptacek called to order the meeting of the Lake Elmo Planning Commission at 7:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Van Zandt, Deziel, Lyzenga, Pelletier, Fliflet, Schneider, Armstrong, and (7:05) McGinnis. STAFF: Interim Administrator Bouthilet, Assistant Planner Matzek, and Recording Secretary Anez, ALSO PRESENT: Special Projects Director Susan Hoyt, Mayor D. Johnston and Councilmember Johnson. Agenda M/S/P, Armstrong/Van Zandt to accept the Agenda as presented. Vote: 8:0. Minutes M/S/P, Lyzenga/Deziel to accept the Minutes of November 27, 2006 as presented. Vote: TO:1. Abstain: Pelletier. Public Hearing: CUP Amendment —Oakdale Gun Club The Assistant Planner said the gun club sits on 62 acres with extensive history since 1965. Previous amendments included a caretaker house. They wish now to add an accessory building for storage. Schneider asked about the overhang size being exceptionally large. THE CHAIRMAN OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:05 P.M. A letter from Knappogue Farm which was signed by Jackie McNamara was read into the record by Commissioner Pelletier and will be made a part of these minutes. Richard McNamara, Knappogue Farm Mr. McNamara said he was not present to complain about the club or the new building but addressed the sound especially in summer months. He said they cannot hear themselves talk at their farm at all. He would like some barrier constructed or time constraints for operation and without everybody shooting all at once. He wondered if there are more people at the gun club these days. The past year has been really loud. He said they have noticed it more since the Gun Club relocated the driveway but he doesn't know. He said it really is a health and safety issue with all that noise. He invited anyone to walk in the back of their forty and they would not hear themselves think. THE CHAIRMAN CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:09 P.M. Jerome Marah, Director of the Gun Club Mr. Marah said he has been with the club since 1975 and held this position since 1976. He said the club has done extensive work for sound reduction. They contract for independent sound studies. Every time they do a sound study, they perform it on the extreme southern boundary for those neighbors. The contractors have been unable to record 70db leaving the site. They are generally 65-68 db dependrng on the wrnd. Shooting rangesare under cover. They havu almost totally enclosed one of the gun ranges. They are working to close other ranges too to keep noise within boundaries. They have looked at planting more trees too but trees only deafen sound a little bit. Lake Elmo Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of December 11, 2006