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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 26, 2021 Page 5 1 same ratings are the same distance was 68 to 75 decibels which was similar or slightly less than 2 what the street at Kenzie Terrace was. He explained he has information from the equipment 3 vendor about the blowers, the units that help dry the vehicle and also information about the 4 vacuum cleaners. He stated regarding the blowers, if he was standing fifty feet away from those 5 units there would be a decibel rating of 79 decibels with no barrier between him and blower 6 itself. The blowers will be in an enclosed building which the blowers inside of and are at the east 7 end of the building which is away from the condominium complex and there will be a door there 8 that will be closed almost one hundred percent of the time. His hope is that the door will only 9 open and close to allow vehicles out of the tunnel car wash. He did not anticipate leaving the 10 tunnel open unless for some reason the building needs to be aired out. He stated at a hundred 11 feet away the decibel level is 75. At the exit of the building, heading west the building is at least 12 125 feet with a driveway and setbacks with property line. There is likely 150 feet between the 13 residents and the actual area in which the noise will be coming out of the building. 14 15 Mr. Archambault explained when it comes to the vacuum cleaners, the vacuum motors 16 themselves will be inside the building and will be inside the enclosed equipment room. The 17 noise will be very minimal when the door opens and closes because there will be a completely 18 enclosed room where the vacuum blowers are inside of. He stated the rating of noise there at 19 fifty feet are 75 decibels. 20 21 Councilmember Randle asked if there was an environmental impact study done for air quality or 22 was one even required. Mr. Archambault indicated he has not had an environmental impact 23 study done but have done phase one environmental of the soil and the property itself and have 24 done soil boring and testing of the sample bores but in terms of air quality and things of that 25 nature to his knowledge it is not required of them nor has one been completed. 26 27 Mayor Stille asked with regard to the length of the facility, it can accommodate cars while being 28 washed and also dried and wondered if the door will be closed during that time or will cars 29 continually be going through which would leave the door open. Mr. Archambault explained 30 because this is an express tunnel car wash the blowers or dryers will be set back probably fifteen 31 feet from the exit of the building so the vehicle will go completely through the dryer prior to 32 reaching the door itself. 33 34 Mayor Stille asked if it was safe to say that the door will be shut until the drying cycle is done 35 and then open up to allow the car to go out then will close again. Mr. Archambault indicated that 36 was correct. 37 38 Mayor Stille asked what the anticipation is with soundproofing within. He explained he has been 39 reading that some of the motors can be built such that there are boxes around them with extra 40 insulation, maybe even insulation on the walls, etc. to help with acoustics and sound and he 41 wondered how that effects equipment quality. Mr. Archambault indicated he would try to 42 answer that but Mr. John Grotkin, RJ Ryan and the project manager would be able to speak to 43 some of the soundproofing of the building itself. He explained when it comes to soundproofing 44 of equipment, very similar to what he has in his current facility right now, there is a car wash bay 45 in the back of that building with a pressure washer and around it they built a sound deadening 46 box because the building itself is built of cinder blocks and sound travels through the building