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Mounds View Planning Commission December 5, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 5 <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Fire Marshall Osmonson replied the Fire Department would not need additional equipment. <br />Commissioner Meehlhause questioned how close this location is to New Brighton residents and <br />Irondale High School. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller pointed out the locations on the map. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn asked if there would be a driveway from Mustang Drive. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied the main access to Ferrellgas would be from Mustang Drive. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson questioned if it would be cleared of snow. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied it would be used daily and kept clear of snow. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn questioned whether the trucks had large tanks that fill the propane tanks or <br />did they carry small cylinders. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied most of the trucks have large tanks on the back. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn commented there is a great deal of semi truck traffic in the area. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied the area includes three trucking businesses and probably at <br />least one hundred trucks travel here daily. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek questioned this property being designated light industrial in <br />the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, and pointed out the definition of heavy industrial <br />included hazardous materials, whereas light industrial did not. She concluded that if this area is <br />designated light industrial, hazardous materials would not be allowed here according to the <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />Kathy Kimmel, attorney representing Ferrellgas, explained why Ferrellgas is relocating. She <br />indicated there has been a history of a propane business in New Brighton for 50 years without <br />incident. She stated Ferrellgas hopes to continue to serve Mounds View at a cost effective rate. <br />She stated she believes Ferrellgas is consistent with the goals of Mounds View. She stated <br />Ferrellgas is concerned with safety as well and fail safe redundancies and systems would be in <br />place to exceed safety standards. She stated she believes Ferrellgas has addressed the concerns <br />expressed and wants to do the right thing. <br /> <br />Ross Warnell, Technical Standards and Procedures Manager, Ferrellgas, pledged that the safest <br />standards would be in place. He addressed the environmental concerns and stated propane is <br />exempt from the EPA regulations because it is a gas and not a liquid. Propane releases instead of <br />spilling, so there is no ground seepage. He commented engineering would address the city’s <br />requirements. <br /> <br />Commissioner Miller asked what safeguards would be in place to prevent vandalism after hours.