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Planning Commission Meeting April 10, 2003 - page 2 Malaski commented that the road was very narrow and should be made wider to accommodate the increase in traffic. Steve Spaid, General Manager for All -Wood Products, explained that they were currently operating out of St. Paul and the site in Hugo would not be much different than the Thommes and Thomas's business. He explained that Thommes and Thomas currently burns in an air curtain burner, which they would no longer do because All Wood would use the wood to chip and make bulk mulches for sale to the public and other retail units. Spaid said that they process tree waste for landscape products and indicated that they work with Thommes and Thomas processing logs. Malaski asked if Thommes and Thomas would be selling product from the site or would it be All - Wood employees. Spaid said it would be All -Woods personnel. Malaski asked how customers would locate them on the site. Spaid said there would be a fence line separating them from Thommes and Thomas and they would have a small shed to sell out of. Spaid also said there would be a bobcat stored on the property. Rosenquist inquired on the Conditional Use Permit for their site in St. Paul. Spaid explained that the Conditional Use Permit was put on hold for 60 days to allow the West St. Paul Neighborhood Coalition to work with them to determine how to deal with the new development in the area. Malaski asked about quantities to be stockpiled. Spaid said the DNR has restricted Thommes and Thomas to a 50 X 125 X 12 foot pile on the site. After a certain amount was collected, they would begin chipping. Rosenquist asked how many trips are made to the St. Paul site and what was expected in Hugo. Spaid said there were approximately 30 loads hauled per quarter. He predicted approximately 20 trips per week in Hugo by residents, and a maximum of 17 trucks per day after processing. He said processing was done after enough logs were collected, approximately once per quarter. Rosenquist asked if they have experienced problems with rodents and Spaid said he has had problems with deer. Rosenquist asked if it was necessary to be open on Sundays and Spaid replied that it worked well with the residents to be able to drop off on Sundays but they could start out not being opened on Sundays if the City wished. Bailly asked if the wood chips would be standing for several months and if Thomas and Thomas would be removing the air curtain -burner. Spaid said that they wouldn't be storing piles of chips on the site and they had an agreement with Thommes and Thomas to chip the wood that they were currently burning in the air curtain burner. John Thommes was present at the meeting and McRoberts asked him if this was true. John Thommes said it was, but he did not want the use of the air -curtain burner removed from the Conditional Use Permit.