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Mr. Fullington asked about odor control measures. <br /> <br />Mr. Berkopec stated they visited the Brooklyn Park transfer station and the person there told <br />them the key thing to rem,::mber is that it is a transfer facility so the garbage comes in and the <br />goal is to get it out as soon as possible which is the most effective odor control measure, 'to get <br />the material moved quickly. The material in the trailer goes out as the first load in the morning. <br />so 'any odor issue is inside the'building which is unheated. He stated they could use commercial <br />'odor masking chemicals, if needed, but he does not believe this will be any more of an odor issue <br />than other uses in the area. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Frolik requested a recess at 6:59 p.m. so the meeting could be <br />relocated to the upstairs Council Chambers. The meeting was reconvened at 7:03 p.m. <br /> <br />Mr. Fullington asked if the City has addressed the potential for increased traffic in this busy <br />intersection. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Frolik stated a traffic generation analysis was not conducted <br />on this proposed project. <br /> <br />Gary Hanson stated it was mentioned that the site will only handle 40% of the material generated <br />which makes it seem like it may be a good idea for the City and County to look into a more <br />permanent solution for a site that could adequately handle the levels of material being generated. <br />He noted there are no other uses such as this in the area and he would not like it to be overloaded. <br />He again suggested the landfill site would have more area to work with. <br /> <br />Mr. Berkopec stated Phase 1 with the truck terminal and office, although not specifically <br />approved by the City Council, has been approved by the Planning Commission so they could <br />move forward once approved by the Council. Phase 2 is an enhancement to the facility and <br />something they want to do. As it relates to truck traffic, he stated they see an advantage to the <br />site in being able to travel both north and south from ti'ds site. He stated they are not single <br />destination trucks so there is no concentration of the 'a'ucks ali going one way. <br /> <br />Gary Hanson stated they do plan to close their current facility and it is not just the trucks and <br />tipping, but also storage of dumpsters and a number of other pieces of the technology that will <br />need to be housed somewhere on this site. <br /> <br />Mr. Berkopec stated there is an area to the north of the shop to house empty containers. <br /> <br />Gary Hanson suggested that will result in odor problems if they are not kept clean. <br /> <br />Mr. Berkopec asked Mr. Hanson if there was an odor problem when he visited the Ace Solid <br />Waste site to take pictures. <br /> <br />Gary Hanson stated he did not get that close to the site but he asked someone in the area who <br />said there was seldom a odor problem. <br /> <br />Planning Commission/April i0, 2000 <br /> Page 7 of 17 <br /> <br />130 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />[ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />