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Motion by Councihnember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Elvig, to approve the application for the Ramsey Lions Club for a one-day, 3.2% malt liquor license for the Community Picnic scheduled for Saturday, June fi, 2004, at Central Park, and to approve staff's rcquest to waive the fee for such an event. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Elvig, Cook, Pearson, Strommen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #4: Request for Sketch Plan Review for a Commercial/Retail Portion of the Ramsey Town Center; Case of Ramsey Town Center, LLC City Administrator Norman requested this case be postponed until later in the meeting, until the arrival of another person working with the development project Case #5: Report from Public Works Councihnember Zimmerman reported the Public Works Committee reviewed the following casos~ 1) Monitoring Air Quality at Commercial Asphalt Councihncmber Zimlnerman reported the Public Works Committee reviewed the options for monitoring the odors coining from the Commercial Asphalt plant. The consensus of the Committee was that staff.-monitor the odor once per week randomly, and that Commercial Asphalt provide the City with a production schedule. It xvas noted a temperature may be determined as the threshold for a different type of production process. Ed Hamilton, 6615 Highway 10, stated he monitored this odor all of last year and turned in a report to the City that showed problems on April 22, April 29, May 6, and May 10. The odor only happens when the wind is out of the northwest. If the City is going to randomly monitor the odor he suggests they do it when the wind is from the northwest on a humid day. He is sure they smell it next to him in the trailer park, but do not want to lose their place in the park. There was an odor fotlr times in 20 days and he would like to know if any one of the people on the Council would put up with what he has to put up with. The Council is supposed to look out for the safety, health and welfare of the community. He has had health problems for some time and thinks the Council should take a better look and do something. He read in the backup material that Mike fi:om Commercial Asphalt met with the Public Works Committee. He did not even know there was a meeting going on or he would have gone. He stated sometimes the smell is so bad it in:filtrates into the house. He is positive there are carcinogens in the blacktop and that is not good for anyone. He already asked at the last Council meeting what the Council is going to do about this, and he still would like to know. The Council will probably see him every two weeks until something is done about this. Mayor Gan]cc stated Mr. Hamilton should contact the PCA and file a claim. Technically the answers the City is getting are contradictory. As far as the PCA is concerned it is nothing that is City Council/May 11, 2004 Page 8 of 36