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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 21, 1992 6 movement will not be obstructed. City Council: Request the Fire Chief and Sheriff review the site for what on -site maneuvering is needed and come back to the Council with a report. Also, the site should be reviewed as construction is starting. Mayor Johnson voiced his concern on the explosive potential of the polyethylene plastic used in the building. The Council requested the applicant provide a flammability rating on the plastic to the Fire Chief. Hoffman: We know the distance between the building of Phase I and Phase II and could explain it either on a drawing or to the Fire Marshall and other emergency city officials. In discussion with the Fire Chief we will provide him with this flammability rating. Condition 10. City Staff prepare a written condition clearly stating the road maintenance responsibilities and associated costs to be born by the applicant. The City Engineer, Tom Prew, reported the City has to contract with the County for road grading and they set it up on a rotational basis. We would have to get a private contractor to take care of the calcium chloride. City Council: How can we assess the impact of their development on that road? Is there any way other than vehicle counts? Can we put a condition in the CUP permit? Prow responded they can look at the number and type of vehicles the operation would use, and what type of vehicles the homes use. Then we can figure out the net effect of each, farm operation and residential, on the road and come up with a rational basis or look at, an ad valorem assessment. Mayor Johnson pointed out in the Agricultural use zone the policy is that we will not allow uses that would expand a need for improved city services. Hoffman: Linders have in the past provided the dust control and agreed to the extent that if more than normal grading and dust control is required that can be attributed to the use of the OGreenhouse, we would pay our reasonable share of that. If it ever came to the point for requiring blacktopping, based on an accurate traffic count of usage by the Linders, then we would expect the assessment consistent with this usage. If the thought were that because we were using it more than other people using the road, that we then become responsible for all of the maintenance of the road, we would consider that unfair.