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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 26, 2021 Page 13 1 Councilmember Webster believed this project needs more study and continued to be concerned 2 about how this project could be detrimental to health, safety and general welfare of the residents 3 living directly around the proposed car wash. She thought this definitely needs further study. 4 5 Mayor Stille stated one of the things the Planning Commission recommended are hours from 6 7am to 10pm and frankly he did not think there was a reason to have those hours. He understood 7 the owner expressed he only planned on being open 8am to 5pm but the business could be sold, 8 and the Conditional Use Permit runs with the land so the next owner could have the business 9 open from 7am to 10pm. He thought if this proves to be a really good operation and there is no 10 noise impact Mr. Archambault could always come back to the City for extended hours of 11 operation approval. He suggested hours of 8am to 6pm. He thought there should be a condition 12 that strives to have the doors open and shut behind when cars enter upon commencement and the 13 same thing with completion. He thought the project should meet or exceed Minnesota Noise 14 Standards, which has to be done anyway. He thought there could be some signage encouraging 15 refraining from idling while waiting in the cue. There should also be a limit of capacity such as 16 one hundred cars a day and if the air quality index exceeds 100, some things that could easily be 17 put into place to help mitigate some of these things. He was also opened to continuing this as 18 well. 19 20 Councilmember Walker indicated this is a tough item and his issue is conservation. His main 21 concern is with condition three which was the same concern of many residents. He was not 22 convinced this project is rock solid and that the third condition can be met at this time. 23 24 Mayor Stille explained if the Council tables this he wants to give some direction to staff for 25 clarity. He thought if the Council denies this proposal the City will still get the car wash sooner 26 or later. 27 28 Councilmember Webster thought about possible direction to give to staff, as a community, the 29 mission is to be a progressive and welcoming village that is walkable, safe, and sustainable. She 30 thought at the very least and environmental study would be a good place to start. Mayor Stille 31 asked what kind of environmental study she would suggest. Councilmember Webster thought 32 concerns raised by the residents such as water runoff, chemicals that would be used, air 33 pollution, noise pollution and light pollution. She thought this would-be helpful information for 34 the Council in order to see a bigger picture and she thought it would be one step for the City to 35 do its due diligence looking at the standard with regard to the health, safety and general welfare 36 of the residents working or residing near the proposed project. 37 38 Mayor Stille asked Mr. Grittman what kind of study that would be. Mr. Grittman explained the 39 City Engineer could look at the water runoff and work with the applicants’ team to make those 40 estimates. He presumed they could get a noise study of the proposed conditions, some kind of an 41 acoustical contour study. He was not sure how they would measure the impact of potential car 42 stereos and would probably need to rely on signage or other tools to attempt to suppress that. 43 Regarding the fumes, he would need to rely on the City Engineer to see if they have staff that 44 would be able to provide some kind of analysis of the air quality issues related to a facility like 45 this. 46 13