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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 27, 2001 Page 3 Councilmember Faust asked Levitus about the level of production that they practice at 2 his company. Levitus indicated that they are at the low-end of their mass market in terms 3 of percentage of fragrance by weight. 4 Mayor Hodson stated that he would like to see the Planning Commission review the 5 conditional use permit route and the associated conditions. He added that Solie had 6 written a letter to the city back on November 25, 2001, and asked Mr. Solie to share the 7 contents of his letter. 8 Councilmember Sparks clarified that the only problem that they are facing at this point 9 with a conditional use permit was that it delayed Essenco's occupying the space by one 10 month. Levitus agreed, and added that the one-month delay was quite an inconvenience 11 to them. 12 Solie's letter explained the history of the process that they have undergone thus far, 13 which has been quite extensive. He expressed his disappointment with the unforeseen 14 obstacles that they have faced. He added that they fully understood taking the route of 15 conditional use permit, but added that it delayed the process another thirty days. 16 Solie indicated that they could set a certain criteria between themselves and City Staff. 17 Gilligan indicated that the problem would exist with the next candle manufacturer that would come to town and want to enter the same facility. He indicated that the city would not have the same set of standards if they did not get a conditional use permit. 20 Mayor Hodson asked Gilligan for his recommendation. Gilligan recommended that they 21 use a conditional use permit, in order to protect them from future candle-making 22 companies from entering under the same conditions. 23 Councilmember Horst indicated that they were trying to quantify the odor issue, which is 24 not possible, and felt that they were over-discussing the issue. He added that he did not 25 want to throw all caution to the wind. 26 Councilmember Thuesen agreed with Councilmember Horst when he stated that they do 27 not examine the potential odor of other establishments, which emit odors. 28 Councilmember Horst added that he would prefer to set conditions under a conditional 29 use permit. 30 Levitus stated that there have been several different candle-making companies that have 31 gone into several suburbs of Minneapolis within the last couple of years. 32 Councilmember Thuesen wondered if it shorten the length of the process if the Council 33 denied the request for tonight and recommended going the route of a conditional use it permit also approving an ordinance that would allow the production of wax. 35 Gilligan stated that if they did the ordinance amendment tonight,as well, they would 36 save a couple of weeks,by eliminating one step in the process.