HomeMy WebLinkAboutKathy Weeks Info. DATE: 12/20/18
TO: Ken Roberts
Ben Prchal
FROM: Kathy Weeks (Planning Commissioner)
Hi Ken and Ben - At our 12-10-18 Planning Commission meeting while discussing the Mixed Use
Business Park and Commercial ordinance, I suggested light manufacturing be a permitted or
permitted by condition use.
Since I made the suggestion, I should at least offer suggestions to you to help you
understand my interpretation of light manufacturing.
I did a search - Googled "manufacturing near me, and found several Lake Elmo and local
businesses. I believe some of these businesses could be considered light manufacturing,
or even light industrial.
Here's some research I did, and find some of these businesses acceptable for our Mixed Use
1-94 area, and at least one that we should consider undesirable for this area:
ParkTool (Oakdale) - own their own building parktool.com
Produce bicycle tools - International
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Smiths Medical (Oakdale) - I believe they rent/own space in this office park building
Produce medical devices
smith-medical.com
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Keystone Automation (Lake Elmo) - Rent space in Brookfield Bldg
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Assuring Your Process, Improving Your Product
DiAcro Metal Fabrication(Oakpark Heights - next to Carriage
Station in Lake Elmo) - Rent space in business park . ,
Produce small metal fabrication
machines, such as metal brakes (shear)
-s and punch presses
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Compaction Technologies Inc. - Brooklyn Park - rents space in mixed
use business park. Compactiontechologies.com
Produce commercial trash compactors for
use in fast food restaurants, hotels, college
campuses, and Veterans home cafeterias
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Compactor
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Yes-Tech (Rents or owns suite) Lake Elmo (Next to City Hall)
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Herold Precision Metal (White Bear Lake Twshp) - own their own building -very large
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Modernistic Inc. (Sti I Iwater) - own their own building -very large -very noisy
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Produce point of purchase
displays, signs, graphics, �
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commercial vehicle wraps
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