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GD City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 8, 2002 Page 6 2 Councilmember Faust asked if there existed a national standard where odor and 3 acceptability rate are concerned.. McGinley stated that there does not exist a 4 national standard where odor is concerned. 5 6 Mayor Hodson suggested that the City of St. Anthony hold a 98%acceptability 7 standard. McGinley stated that 95%was much more reasonable. 8 9 Councilmember Faust stated that a couple of City employees would need to be 10 trained by the Metropolitan Council, if they chose to take the route of an 11 acceptability standard. 12 13. Mayor Hodson stated that he felt that the criteria existed from which to create 14 guidelines for a conditional use permit. 15 16 McGinley stated that there would need to be some sort of time period where the 17 manufacturer had the opportunity to demonstrate compliance. 18 19 Morrison stated that he felt that it would be very difficult to police the issue 20 regarding the 95%acceptability standard. 21 22 Councilmember Thuesen stated that he,too, felt that the 95% acceptability 23 standard would be too difficult to enforce. 24 25 Councilmember Sparks suggested that, instead of the 95% standard,they count 26 the number of phone-calls that they receive from residents. 27 28 Resident Doug Tanner came forward and stated the smell is present, and 29 offensive. He stated that he was very disappointed with the 120-day test period 30 for a couple of reasons. He noted that it is wintertime and windows are closed. 31 He asked if, after 120 days, the smell is not gone and there is still an odor,that 32 Essenco is forced to fix the problem, or not granted a permit. 33 34 Solie stated that the 120-day period was simply not enough time to discover a 35 problem, fix the problem, and continue operating to see that the problem is indeed 36 fixed. He added that a time-line was not the best way to handle the situation. He 37 suggested that they be able to operate with a conditional use permit, and fix 38 problems as they arise. 39 40 Councilmember Thuesen asked for Gilligan's opinion on the subject. Gilligan 41 stated that he thought it would be very difficult to determine satisfactory progress 42 without a timeline. Gilligan continued that they could establish some objective 43 standards, such as the specific equipment that would be installed, by which to 44 measure progress. 45