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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 26, 2021 Page 9 1 directly on the other side of a narrow alley are people's backyard that go all the way up to the 2 alley. She explained even though the flood lights at the Kenzington is not a part of this, she has 3 had to install light filtering blinds on her windows and also even though the plans state that the 4 lights from the car wash will face down she did not feel significant mitigation of the concerns 5 that residents have brought up. She stated her biggest issue is that Mr. Archambault has brushed 6 off all of the residents concerns as unreasonable or inaccurate or not necessitating further study. 7 As an engineer she would never get away with making a decision like this with lack of actual 8 data pertaining to this specific site. She encouraged the Council to reject this proposal due to the 9 lack of due diligence. 10 11 Mr. Grittman reviewed the applicant submitted photometric plan. He indicated staff made some 12 recommendations related to lowering the height of the parking lot light poles and making sure all 13 lights are downcast and hooded to make sure there is no glare onto adjoining properties. One of 14 the requirements is that staff would need to verify that the photometric is showing zero -foot 15 candles at the residential property lines. 16 17 Mr. John Laduka, 2601 Kenzie Terrace, stated many of the residents have already expressed 18 many of his concerns. He thought there needs to be a professional noise study done and not just 19 word taken from the applicant. 20 21 Mr. John Kufus, 2712 27`h Avenue NE, stated he is one of the property owners that will directly 22 be affected by the above proposal and he wished to strongly disagree with the Planning 23 Commission's decision to approve a CUP to Boulevard Auto Works for construction of a car 24 wash. He explained his property abuts the alley there with one house in between him and 25 Boulevard Auto Works. He assumed his backyard will be directly opposite the exit doors for the 26 car wash, therefore, his concerns are principally noise due to dryer blower motors, vacuum 27 cleaners, idling cars, car radios, traffic congestion along Kenzie Terrace and he would like 28 someone to address the possibility that the alley could be blocked along Kenzie Terrace if there 29 are a number of cars waiting to enter the car wash. He was also concerned about decreased 30 property values. 31 32 Mr. Griuman explained the City Engineer has been in contact with Hennepin County 33 Transportation who is responsible for Kenzie Terrace and they are currently examining traffic on 34 Kenzie Terrace on a larger scale, not just this property, but on a larger scale. It is staffs opinion 35 that the stacking available on this site is far in excess of what would typically be seen or be 36 required for a typical facility of this type and there is not expectation of having traffic backing all 37 the way out onto Kenzie Terrace. There is a lot of onsite driveway to stack the vehicles. 38 39 Mayor Stille indicated the City Engineer has been in discussions with Hennepin County about 40 Kenzie Terrace because the road is over capacity so the City is seeing if the road could be given 41 more room for walkability and more aesthetically pleasing features. 42 43 Mr. Tim Keane stated he is a land use attorney representing both property owners and 44 municipalities throughout the Metro area. He stated he is currently representing multiple 45 residents of the Kenzington Condominiums and the focus of this discussion is on the criteria for 46 granting the Conditional Use Permit and particularly finding three. Principles of land use