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Mr. Ford made some suggestions to the Planning Commission regarding what could be done to help <br />mitigate this noise. Bear recommend Chair Kleissler to invite the applicant to the podium to make any <br />comments he may have. <br />Chair Kleissler invited the applicant to the podium. <br />Rick Mark, owner of National Recycling, Inc., spoke at the podium. <br />Mr. Mark stated that the way the site is laid out currently is the only way that he can conduct business. <br />He assured the Planning Commission that the size of the scrap pile will not return to what it was before <br />because he can't operate the business effectively or efficiently in that state. He described that the <br />business requires scrap to be sorted and loaded into trucks to be shipped out that same day. He stated <br />that his site has been laid out in what is proposed in the site plan for 90 days and the scrap area hasn't <br />expanded or moved and it works great for the facility. Mr. Mark stated that he had put a lot of money <br />into the Cambridge site to be able to abide by the original CUP, but that business is now closed to the <br />public. Mr. Mark concluded by saying that the proposed site works for his business and that he has made <br />great lengths in getting the site to this point. <br />Commissioner Arcand stated that Mr. Mark has made a nice improvement to the site. He asked him if <br />there was any situation where the pile would get larger and if the number of accounts he had was <br />associated with the size of the pile. <br />Rick Mark stated that the pile cannot get any larger for many reasons. First, he said if the proposed site <br />plan gets approved, he will be under the conditions of the CUP and the scrap would need to remain <br />contained. Second, he stated a large pile inhibits flow of the site. Last, he stated that it doesn't make <br />any sense, from a business standpoint, to sit on a commodity and he gets products out as quick as <br />possible and that model is what makes his business successful. <br />Commissioner Arcand asked if he makes more money if the product is moved faster. <br />Rick Mark said that was correct. He described at one point, when his pile was the largest, the market <br />collapsed. He stated that those stock piles lost a lot of value, so it's smarter to get scrap out as quick as <br />possible. <br />Commissioner Arcand asked if Mr. Mark had any thoughts on the noise complaints. <br />Rick Mark stated that he really had no thoughts on the complaints. He believes his site is one of the <br />quietest and cleanest scrap yards. He does agree that there is some noise associated with dropping <br />metal, but that his hours of operation are reasonable to accommodate the noise. <br />Commissioner Rosenquist asked City Administrator, Bear, if it would make sense to do a noise study to <br />see where the noise is really coming from. Rosenquist stated that the noise could be coming more from <br />the highway than from the NRI site. <br />Rick Mark stated that he had someone evaluate the intermittent noise. They had concluded that the <br />highway noise decibels exceeded those from his material. He stated that even the gun range was louder <br />than the noise generated on his site. <br />Commissioner Rosenquist wanted to be clear that it may help with neighbors if everyone understands <br />where the noise is coming from. <br />