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-48- Outdoor storage of containers and company trucks and the retail sale of timbers is proposed on Lot 2 (no activity is proposed for Lots 3 and 4). Mr. Schott is currently in discussions with the City to formulate a master plan for the future expansion of the facility to the east versus to the north on Lots 2, 3, and 4 for public safety reasons if 141s~ Avenue is extended from the west to intersect with Basalt. St. Paul Terminals has two other facilities; one in St. Paul Park and one in Redwing. City Staff contacted Barry Sittlow, the City Admirfistrator for St. Paul Park. He states that St. Paul Terminals runs a clean operation and they are a cooperative comm~¢ial neighbor. The only complaints the City receives relate to noise. Apparently, the ~,~ei~i,~s on a lawful nonconforming or 'grandfathered' site nestled in a residential area. He state~::$~ Paul Terminals manages their facility in a manner that would be acceptable and approp~i~f~(:~¢~hJndustrial zone. Some CiW staff persons and Councilmembers Kurak and And~";'-visite~8'ii'!the facility in Redwing. There was consensus that St. Paul Terminals manage~!,th'~'i~-' recycling:-f~ilities in an acceptable manner and it is to their credit that their ultimate ,g6;iil;~i's for an all ind0~ti:'-~peration and agree to 100% opacity screening in the interim. Environmental Services Department. Thy indicate the~:faidility is cu~ently in full comPI~ance with regulatory requirements and they are very pleasexi(-With the im.pmvements to the property since St. Paul Terminals started managing the site. C~,~:~staff recommended approval of the request for a conditional use permit. ' Citizen Input Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded !:by: C°mmissiond}" Reeves, to close the public Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, commissioners Johnson, Reeves, Kociscak, and Watson. Voting NCi: :None. The public hearing clos-~'dlat-'lO::49 p.m. Ch~erson Nixt called:~he-regular'~eeting of the Planning Commission back to order at 10:49 p.rm ': -}.~: ChairperSOn ~ixt inquired/,,~f the 13 foot high concrete barrier will be constructed as part of the conditional"~se p~rmi}/~}::~'' Jeff Schott, St. Paul' Terminals, replied yes. Chairperson Nixt inquired if there should be a time frame set to make sure that the wall is constructed, Planning Commission/June 5, 2001 Page 26 of 30 I I I, I I I I ! I I I I I I I I I !