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Mounds View City Council March 27, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 25 8D. Resolution 6783 Autho ' in riz g Step Increases for Officer Tunothy Wolf and Officer Keith Demarest. MOTION/SECOND: THOMAS/STIGNEY. To approve Resolution b783 Authorizing Step Increases for Officer Timothy Wolf and Officer Keith Demarest. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 8E. Set a Public Hearing for Monday, Apri110, 2006 at 7:05 p.m. to Consider a Conditional Use Permit for an Environmental Processing Facility at 4889 Old Highway 8. Director Ericson explained there is a pending purchase agreement for the Skyline Motel property. He explained the applicant is seeking to redevelop the site and construct an environmental processing facility that would treat household, commercial and industrial waste. He stated there will be septage involved and the processing would remove the water from the waste that comes into the facility and the clean water would go into the Met Council Sanitary System, as opposed to septage, industrial waste and other types of material. Director Ericson stated it is an internal process and the applicant is building nothing outdoors, so there will be no noise, no storage, and no smells. He stated it is a unique and complex process. He stated the end product will be purchased by buyers to use for biomass fuel, fertilizer and other uses or sent to a Landfill. He stated the product will be delivered off-site, so no product is stored on site. Director Ericson explained that one issue that Staff and the Planning Commission raised is the matter of potential odors from the site. He stated this is a facility that does treat septage. He explained the facility will be constructing a biofilter, which would treat the air that is exposed to the smell of product in the facility, and released into the atmosphere. He stated the understanding is that one could stand on top of the biofilter and not smell anything. Director Ericson stated there are only two facilities like this in the country, so it is a rather new type of operation. He stated there is another operation that treats septage in Wisconsin that has not had a good tract record, but it is an outdoor operation and the product is stored outdoors, so it is not the same type of operation. Director Ericson stated the City is holding an informational neighborhood meeting with Townsedge Terrace Park on March 30, 200b, and City Staff will also inspect a biofilter in Woodbury. He commented the Met Council is excited about the prospect of this type of facility, as it will allow four existing dump sites to close. He stated Met Council desires to have the product treated so it is not entered into the system without any controls or checks and balances. Director Ericson stated the benefit to Met Council and to the City and its residents is that there will be less treatment involved, and it would be the private sector to deal with this problem rather than the government. He explained Met Council would treat facilities in the north metropolitan area. He stated there would be increased truck traffic at most by nine to ten vehicles an hour,