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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 5, 1987 PAGE 4 M/S/P Graves/Armstrong - to approve the implementation of an expanded composting program operation based on the City Attorney's recommendation to enter into an agreement with Junker Sanitation for such purposes. (Motion carried 5-0). Bruce Dunn thanked Deputy Clerk Mary Kueffner_ for getting this proposal together and typing the compost agreement. Dunn has talked to Maroney and he is not interested, but the City staff should notify Bellaire of this agreement and the opportunity to participate. 7. PLANNING, LAND USE AND ZONING A. Request for Rezoing from Rural Residential to Industrial, TH5 & Stillwater Blvd., Joseph D. Rogers (continued from April 21, 1987). M/S/P Graves/Armstrong - to remove from the table the request for rezoning from Rural Residential to Industrial by Joseph D. Rogers. (Motion carried 5-0). City Administrator Overby stated a letter was received from Sue Dunn encouraging the Council to not permit the rezoning of this area, and a letter from the applicant's attorney, Frederick S. Richards, dated 4-29-87. Mayor Christ explained they heard testimony and had public input at the April 21, 1987 City Council meeting. The Planning Commission voted 9-0 on 12-8-86 to deny this request based on their findings of fact. M/S/P Johnson/Graves - to deny the request for rezoning from Rural Residential to Industrial by Joseph D. Rogers on approx. 17 acres of land on the south side of TH5 immediately west of CSAH (Stillwater Boulevard) and north of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad tracks based on the following Findings of Fact. (Motion carried 4-0-1<Abstain: Moe>). 1. There is a potential traffic problem due to limited vision for drivers approaching the area from the south on CSAH 6, poor access to the site, and the fact that the intersection is already congested and dangerous. 2. The proposed rezoning is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan. 3. The proposed use would add more noise pollution to an area that is already more noisy than what the residents would prefer. 4. The potential for spillage of oils and other liquids at the site could lead to contamination of surface and groundwater, since the Valley Branch Watershed storm drainage project passes directly along the eastern edge of the site (in order to move water from Lake Jane to Beutel Pond and thence to Eagle Point Lake, etc.).