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Mnnfifl to health. The City is monitoring and doing what they can, and when Commercial Asphalt's permit comes up they will look at it again. Councilmember Strommen stated a closer look needs to be done with this, and she does not think it is ali individual problem. They smell it in Life Fitness and one day last week her husband came home sick fi'om work fi'om the smell. There are probably other businesses that smell it as well. Her question on this recommendation from the Public Works Committee is how long they will keep monitoring it before they decide to do something. They may need to do something a little more scientific than monitoring it once per week randomly. Cotmcilmember Elvig explained the recommendation that came forward from the Public Works Committee had a lot more conversation than what is shown with this case. What Commercial Asphalt has indicated is that they can do different things to create more heat to get the exhaust going higher, which should take it out of the sniffing range. The Committee asked for a production schedule so they can monitor it with some sort of end result or sophisticated approach. The permit is also coming up within a certain amount of time. Councihnclnber Kurak asked what the production figures mean in regards to smell. She stated this is a conditional use permit, and this is not a random problem. The conditional use permit allows them to monitor anything that would be offensive around the area. If there are any noxious odors, smells, sounds, or anything out of the ordinary for the area, that is what the conditional use permit is for. This is not new; it has been going on for a long time. Mr. Hamilton keeps coming up and now Life Fitness is having problems. The City is trying to clean up this area, and to allow an odor to affect this whole area is not right. Something needs to be done about it. Mayor Gamec commented the details of getting rid of a conditional use permit are quite a bit involved and it will take a bit of work. Councilmcmber Strommen commented she is not sure what the point is of monitoring the odor for an indefinite period. They need to look at the variables and then put a time frame on that. There should be an end date so this does not continue to happen year after year. Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained this odor was monitored twice per day and always on thc downwind side of the plant. They had values that were on a 1-5 scale with results of 2 - 3. Staff £clt there was a lot of effort put forward by the Commercial Asphalt plant to try to make the odor as inoffensive as possible. Staff brought forward a whole year of monitoring to the Public Works Committee. They found very few instances of offensive odors, although it was not that it could not be smelled. He noted even if there is a paving job in the area you will smell asphalt. Staff brought this to the Public Works Committee to receive consensus from the Committee and the Council on how to proceed. Mr. Hamilton asked where the monitoring was done. City Council/May 11, 2004 Page 9 of 36