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Mr. Kars~ answered that ever).' morning a maintenance person does a basic mechanical test. Ms. Sharon W itsoh added that the MPCA requirements ask for a test only every five .,,,ears and Mr. Karst is agl'eeir[g to a yearly test. Councilmemb~ Ci.~h inquired about degreasing transmissions, etc. Mr. Karst sta~d that they did not degrease the parts, however, with the temperature of the furnaces, the o[I is t~otally burned. '~ Ci~h stated his concern regarding a holding Councilmemb ! tank for oil. Mr. Karst st~tgd t.h, ere is no excess oil, only residue and that oil is not really a problem He explained that ,Ivithlthe afterburners, there will be no excessive odor either. He also stated that the language in tiii present CUP states no dismantling of engines and transmissions. That process is handled at the ~Rog~.rs location. Councilmemb~ Ci~h inquired if the excessive smoke report in 1989 and the five incident reports and the one co~plamt this year were for the same thing. Mr. Otto state~ it ~vas with regard to open burning. He explained that Mr. Karst put in heat sensors and r/e~ bags in the furnace. Since December 5, 1989 there were only two incidents until three weeks ag& Then there were three more incident reports within three days. Councilmemb~r P~terson expressed his concern regarding the mention of disassembling being done on Lots', ~ an~ 3. The incident referred to was of an employee cutting up feedstock next to fuel tanks,em, ~e ~sked if that procedure is continuing. Mr. Karst st_atari t~at the new CUP states that disassembly is permitted within an opaquely screened area~ wil~hin the building. [ Mr. Goodrich, City iAttorney commented that City Council should review items #29 through 37 of the Planning ~d ~q~ning Findings of Fact as the language does not pertain very well to the issues discussed and that t~hey should be reviewed and a decision made on each item individually. Mr. Goodrich pr0c.~edetl to read these items and the following changes were made. Item #29 reads "That the pr0p~se~ use w,!ll..." and it is changed to read "That the proposed use may .... Consensus w~ithM Items 30 and 31 read okay. Item #32 is being deleted. Item #33 reads That the proposed;u~e w. ill not be a substantial improvement.., and it will be changed to "That the proposed use ~ill be an improvement . . ." Item #35 reads okay. Item #37 reads "That the proposed use,'~ ill it~volve uses, activities, processes, materials and equipment and conditions of operation tha, t rill be detrimental to any persons, property or the general welfare by reason of excessive proCl~ ictio~ of traffic, noise, smoke, fumes, glare or odors" and it will be changed to read "That the pr0t: >sed, use will involve uses, activities, processes, materials and equipment and conditions of [o ~era~on that may be detrimental to any persons, property or the general welfare by reason of profit Ctiot~ of smoke, fumes or odors. Item #37 reads okay as is. Motion by Cou~cilmember Pearson and seconded by Councilmember Peterson to adopt Findings of Fact #0284i(as lamented) relating to Danny's Aluminum Processing, Inc.'s request for'-a conditional uSe~perm/t to expand an aluminum recover)., and processing business. Motion carried~ V0tinz Yes: Mayor Reimann, Councilmembers Pearson, Peterson. Cich and DeLuca. Votin~ NO: /'~ne. :'i~ ~ City. Council/November 13, 1990 Page 7 of 16