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Planning Commission Minutes — June 14, 2007 Page 4 Shoreview. They said they had never experienced peace and quiet, and the noise had disturbed her for 50 years. She said the only reason the Club has a CUP was because of their complaints years ago. She showed the Commission a petition from 1978 signed by residents. Her son said there were many wonderful things going on in Hugo but does not think a larger gun range would help Hugo's reputation. He said the Club believed and assumed things but has never shown any hard data, and increased membership is not justified. Kelly Olson, 12190 Upper Heather Avenue North, said she lived there for three years and heard the noise when they were considering buying the home but it must have had been a low-level night because it is very different at different times. She said she had tried to fight the Act, and was against the expansion of membership. She asked about the lead testing. Dave Espe, 12841 Graystone Court, said he became a member five years ago and BESA provides a safe place to shoot. He questioned the manner of safety of the shooting activities going on in some back yards of residents. Pete Koehn, 12180 Upper Heather Avenue, said he enjoys hunting and shooting and he knew the club was there when he moved in. He has two boys; one with autism who he worries does not understand the danger of wandering towards the club, and he worried about the effect of the noise on him. He said he has no issues with the club being there, just with expanding it. He agreed that it provided a safe place to shoot, and just because asking them to show compliance would be tough, they should still do it. He asked that BESA do the right thing for the neighborhood. Mike Fleischhaker, 16040 Jeffery Avenue North, said he lived north of Wildwings Game Farm, which was less regulated than BESA. He was a member of BESA and had shot at there for 25 years. He did not think the noise would expand because only so much shooting could take place at one time. There were no other comments so Schumann closed the public hearing. Rosenquist asked what the time frame for action on the application was. The CDD said it was subject to the 60 -day rule and the City had already extended it to 120 days. It could be extended longer if BESA granted it. Kleissler asked about other gun clubs and their proximity to other neighbors. A lot of what she read in the statute seemed to not apply in the metro area. The CDD was unsure what other clubs do and it was up to the DNR to enforce the terms of the statute. McRoberts said it bothered him that alcohol was consumed on the site. He said he had experienced the impact of development and had a hard time of promoting the idea of expansion. The neighbors moved in knowing what was there, and that was what was included in the CUP, so the existing CUP should be honored.