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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />Mounds View City Council March 27, 2006 <br />Regular Meeting Page 25 <br />81). Resolution 6783 Authorizing Step Increases for Officer Timothy Wolf and <br />Officer Keith Demarest. <br />MOTION/SECOND: THOMAS/STIGNEY. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6783 <br />Authorizing Step Increases for Officer Timothy Wolf and Officer Keith Demarest. <br />Ayes — 4 Nays — 0 Motion carried. <br />8E. Set a Public Hearing for Monday, April 10, 2006 at 7:05 p.m. to Consider a <br />Conditional Use Permit for an Environmental Processing Facility at 4889 <br />Old Highway 8. <br />Director Ericson explained there is a pending purchase agreement for the Skyline Motel property. <br />He explained the applicant is seeking to redevelop the site and construct an environmental <br />processing facility that would treat household, commercial and industrial waste. He stated there <br />will be septage involved and the processing would remove the water from the waste that comes <br />into the facility and the clean water would go into the Met Council Sanitary System, as opposed <br />to septage, industrial waste and other types of material. Director Ericson stated it is an internal <br />process and the applicant is building nothing outdoors, so there will be no noise, no storage, and <br />no smells. He stated it is a unique and complex process. He stated the end product will be <br />purchased by buyers to use for biomass fuel, fertilizer and other uses or sent to a Landfill. He <br />stated the product will be delivered off -site, so no product is stored on site. <br />Director Ericson explained that one issue that Staff and the Planning Commission raised is the <br />matter of potential odors from the site. He stated this is a facility that does treat septage. He <br />explained the facility will be constructing a biofilter, which would treat the air that is exposed to <br />the smell of product in the facility, and released into the atmosphere. He stated the <br />understanding is that one could stand on top of the biofilter and not smell anything. <br />Director Ericson stated there are only two facilities like this in the country, so it is a rather new <br />type of operation. He stated there is another operation that treats septage in Wisconsin that has <br />not had a good tract record, but it is an outdoor operation and the product is stored outdoors, so it <br />is not the same type of operation. <br />Director Ericson stated the City is holding an informational neighborhood meeting with <br />Townsedge Terrace Park on March 30, 2006, and City Staff will also inspect a biofilter in <br />Woodbury. He commented the Met Council is excited about the prospect of this type of facility, <br />as it will allow four existing dump sites to close. He stated Met Council desires to have the <br />product treated so it is not entered into system without any controls or checks and balances. <br />Director Ericson stated the benefit to Met Council and to the City and its residents is that there <br />will be less treatment involved, and it would be the private sector to deal with this problem rather <br />than the government. He explained Met Council would treat facilities in the north metropolitan <br />area. He stated there would be increased truck traffic at most by nine to ten vehicles an hour, <br />