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)~ ~']]] ~ ) ~0 []C ~ ) ~t] m q ~)]C City ia re, mitering and doing what they can, and when Commercial Asphalt's pct'nlii comes lip they will look at it again. Counci hncmb~;r Strommen stated a ,:loser look needs to be done with this, and she does not think it is an individual 9roblee. They .;mcll it in Life Fitness and one day last week her husband came home sick fi'om work fi'om th~: smell. There are probably other businesses that smell it as well. [tcr question on this recommr nd]lion fi'om the Public Works Committee is how long they will keep monitoril~g it before they decide to do something. They may need to do something a little mo,-c scientific: than mon itorin?: it rmce per week randomly. Councilmcmbc~' Elvig explained thc recommendation that came forward from the Public Works Committee had a 1(~l more conversation than what is shown with this case. What Commercial Asphalt has italic]tod is that they c,m do different things to create more heat to get the exhaust going higher, whic:h should take it om of the sniffing range. The Committee asked for a production schcclulc so they can .nonitor it with some sort of end result or sophisticated approach. Thc permit is also comin?, tip within a certain amount of time. Councihnembcr K~;~-ak asked what ibc production figures mean in regards to smell. She stated this is it conditional use permit, anti this is not a random problem. The conditional use permit allows them to monitor anything limt would be offensive around the area. If there are any noxious odors, sm,:lls, souml~, or mything out of the ordinary for the area, that is what the conditional usc pcimit is for. Thi:; is; not nexv; it has been going on for a long time. Mr. Hamilton keeps co~ning up and no~ Li f'e Fitness is having problems. The City is trying to clean up this area, and lo allow an odor t~> al'feet this whole area is not right. Something needs to be done about it. Mayor Gamcc commented thr~ details of gelting rid of a conditional use permit are quite a bit involved and it will take a bit ofwol Councilmcmbcr SI~ ommen commel~ied she is not sure what the point is of monitoring the odor lbr all indcl'initc p~'riod. They nee~i to look at the variables and then put a time frame on that. There should 10c an c~ld dale so lhis {iocs not continue to happen year after year. Assislan! Pt~blic ?v. orl<s Director O/so~! explained this odor was monitored twice per day and always on thc dow~,wind side o[' the plant. They had values that were on a 1-5 scale with results o1'2 3. St]fl' t'ell ihere was a lot et effbrt put fmwvard by the Commercial Asphalt plant to try to mal<c thc odor as i~offcnsiv¢ as po::sibte. Staff brought forward a whole year of monitoring to the Public Wo~'ks (?ommittec. They f'ound very few instances of offensive odors, although it was not that it could no/ be smelled, He noted even if there is a paving job in the area you will smell asphalt. Staff brot~ght this to tiao Public Works Committee to receive-consensus fi'om the Committee :tml lhc (:ouncil on how to proceed. Mi'. il]milton askc(i where thc moni oriitg xvas done. City Coil Il cit/May 11, 2004 Page 9 of 36