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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 26, 2021 Page 8 request that the St. Anthony City Council fulfill its Statutory responsibility and deny the CUP for the Boulevard Car Wash. 4 Ms. Lisa Charmer explained she lives right behind where the car wash is being proposed. She 5 stated she is already inundated by floodlights from the Kenzington that literally flood her entire 6 backyard and into the bedroom windows. She would like to know what the lighting would be 7 and how much it would flood the alley and backyards. She asked if the hours of operations go 8 into the evening on any days and how late would they go. She also wondered if there was any 9 kind of fencing that would be provided to keep the car wash separated from the backyards of the 10 residents. She stated those are her biggest concerns and thought it was great this will be a local 11 person wanting to do this and was sure he is earnest. She noted it is a different proposition if a 12 person is living right there with this literally in the backyard. She thought this will drastically 13 affect her property value and she opposed this. 14 15 Mayor Stille explained the floodlights at the Kenzington does not have anything to do with this 16 particular action. He noted Mr. Charmer may wish to approach the Board of the Kenzington to 17 see if there is anything that can be done for the lights that flood into her backyard from that 18 facility. In regard to the hours, as proposed, the hours would be lam to l Opm. The fence will 19 run parallel to the alley for the entire length of the alley. 20 21 Mr. Jesse Piktuma, indicated he wanted to call on the City to deny this project based on some of 22 the concerns already heard and some of the concerns that will be heard throughout the meeting. 23 First of all, the conditions recommended by staff to address some of those concerns are design 24 concept. He did not know who designed the car wash and did not think the City should be 25 designing it. He wants to be ensured that he will not be assaulted by noise from the car wash or 26 subjected to the noise and pollution from idling cars. He wants to ensure that his family will 27 remain safe and their health and wellness protected. He wants the City to do its duty to protect 28 their health, safety, and general welfare. He wants to make sure the engineers that are designing 29 the facility are doing their ethical duty as professional engineers to hold paramount the health, 30 safety, and wellness of the public. He explained he has seen no evidence, no data, and no 31 engineering calculations that these design concepts are going to be sufficient to accomplish those 32 goals. He stated he has only seen design concepts and guesses that these design concepts may 33 reduce the negative impact. What is needed is a professional engineer recognized by the State of 34 Minnesota to provide a design that controls noise, air pollution and other pollution that is suitable 35 to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the residents. He was very concerned about 36 the noise and that this site is so adjacent to a residential neighborhood. Their quality of live will 37 certainly suffer and his property value will suffer. He also understood there will be the potential 38 for garbage trucks to access the outdoor dumpster on this site which will also cause loud noise. 39 He anticipated traffic and parking spilling out onto Wilson and 27`h Avenue creating crowding 40 and potential safety issues. He did not think any engineering study was done to understand the 41 pollution and noise impacts this could have on the neighborhood. He asked the Council to deny 42 this project. 43 44 Ms. Susan Cox, 2616 27`h Avenue NE, echoed many concerns raised by the residents. She 45 understood this lot is considered commercial, but it is very close to residential properties. She 46 stated the car wash itself as well as the idling cars is very close to the north lot line where