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I Valek stated that he was present this evening to discuss four points: additional information that they have acquired relative to the odor problem at Essenco, the action 46 that the city is planning to pursue in response to the misrepresentation that Essenco used 4 in order to acquire their conditional use permit, a response to Doug Tanner's comments 5 from the January 22, 2002 City Council meeting, and the idea of Essenco wanting to 6 make their presence more permanent. 7 8 Valek stated that the information that he would be reviewing this evening was attained by 9 himself, his wife,Jennifer Tanner, and her father, Doug Tanner. 10 11 Valek indicated that they contacted a leasing agent with United properties,who lease the 12 property where Home Essence was located in St. Paul. He indicated that they received 13 several complaints from tenants about the odors caused by Home Essence. He added that 14 they were having trouble getting new tenants to move in due to the strong odor. 15 16 Valek continued that the Glincher Group, the property owners, finally made a deal with 17 Home Essence to move simply because they wanted them out of the building. 18 19 Valek referred to an interview with Ronald Paites, who manages property for the 20 Glincher Group. Paites indicated that they had a major problem with Home Essence due 21 to odors, and complaints from other tenants in the building. Valek indicated that they 22 were going to pursue legal action against Home Essence of they did not vacate the 23 property. Valek indicated that the Glincher Group lost a lot of money just to get Home 24 Essence out of the building. VValek reviewed an interview with an employee at Ramsey Family Physicians,a company 27 located in the same building as Home Essence in St. Paul, and affected by the odors. The 28 employee stated that the odor was overwhelming inside and outside of the building, and 29 that they received several complaints from patients. He indicted that one Ramsey Family 30 Physicians employee went over to Home Essence manufacturing floor to complain about 31 the odor and made a phone call to call OSHA after visiting the floor because the fumes 32 were so intense, she was concerned about the workers. 33 34 Valek stated that the Glincher Group agreed to replace all of the carpet,wall-paper, 35 ceiling tiles, as well as repaint the space. The costs to the Glincher Group was $32,000. 36 37 Valek requested a response from the City Council regarding the misrepresentation that 38 Home Essence made in order to obtain their conditional use permit, as well as Doug 39 Tanner's comments from the January 22, 2002 City Council meeting. 40 41 Valek stated that the felt that the information that they have obtained is damaging to 42 Essenco, and feels that he cannot trust them. 43 44 Councilmember Horst asked what grounds the Glincher Group was going to take legal 45 action against Home Essence. Valek indicated that Tanner had that information, but that 46 the Glincher Group was willing to share the information, if they were contacted. q? Resident Carol Patrick, 3633 Edward Street Northeast, stated she was concerned about 49 the season to come where windows will be open and time will be spent outside. She