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Ideas to Minimize Noise Issues during Overnight Hours (9pm to 7am) for Residential Communities <br /> <br />Schwieters Recommended Next Steps: <br />• Receiving and shipping doors throughout the entire campus will only be open for product <br />movement. Doors will immediately close after product enters or leaves buildings. Leaving doors <br />open for extended periods during the warmer months will not be normal operating procedure. <br />• Build a tall berm (minimum 6 feet) at any new facility parking area that faces residential areas. <br />Minimizes lights & noise of employees’ cars leaving at night or early morning hours, i.e. 4am. <br />• Build a solid sound barrier wall (minimum 15 feet) on the north side of the main manufacturing <br />facility (replace chain link fence). This will act as a security fence as well as noise suppressor. <br />• Provide high-quality sound machines to all Fenway Place residential locations for noise mitigation <br />during the overnight sleeping period. <br />• Limit deliveries of materials and shipping finished product to normal working hours (7am to 9pm). <br />This needs to apply to the entire complex regardless of what family owns the facility. <br />• Schedule garbage dumpster/trash removal with their contractor(s) on normal working hours (7am <br />to 9 pm). <br /> <br />Hugo City Council Recommended Next Steps & Questions: <br />• Establish truck traffic statute that will limit weight restrictions on 140th Street to eliminate access by <br />larger semis. Need to clarify type and size of vehicles that will access any new facility. <br />• Establish regulation that semi-trailers must use Fenway Boulevard as the sole access point for all <br />Schwieters facilities. <br />• Sod farm property north of Fenway Place was originally determined to be residential property for <br />future development. Has this changed to commercial zoning—please explain? <br />• Concerned that Schwieters (or other commercial entity) may purchase additional property to create <br />manufacturing operations, thus surrounding the Fenway Place residential community. <br />o Has Schwieters discussed with Excel Energy to expand their operations south?