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Councilmember Zimmerman suggested eliminating the reference to the 2001 draft Comprehensive Plan. Mayor Gamec requested that staff review the findings of fact. Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if the City Attomey was comfortable with the 60-day rule being that the rezoning application was withdrawn. City Attorney Goodrich replied yes. Principal Planner Trudgeon noted that the applicant has extended the date to July 13th. City Attorney Goodrich noted that he will verify the information. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Anderson, to table action on Cases 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Anderson, Hendriksen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #13: Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Operate a Recycling and Processing Facility for Metals and Landscape Timbers; Case of St. Paul Terminals, Inc. Community Development Director Frolik stated that in 1989, the City issued a conditional use permit to Daniel Karst to operate an aluminum processing facility at 14050 Basalt St. NW. One of the terms of the permit is that reassignment of the permit to someone else would require Council approval. Mr. Karst submitted a request to City Council on May 8, 2001, requesting that the permit be reassigned to St. Paul Terminals. Council reviewed Mr. Karst's file. Because of a significant history of violations and the fact that the scope of what St. Paul Terminals is intending to do is different from what Mr. Karst's conditional use permit allows, the Council's preference was to revoke rather than reassign Mr. Karst's permit. Staff was directed to initiate proceedings to consider revocation of Mr. Karst's permit and St. Paul Terminals was advised to apply for a new conditional use permit that would address the scope of their proposed operations on the site. Accordingly, the City has received an application from St. Paul Terminals to operate a recycling and metal processing facility at 14050 Basalt Street. In 1999, St. Paul Terminals entered into a lease/purchase option with Dan Karst for the facility and commenced managing the facility. Since their entry onto the site, there has been a significant amount of site clean up that has occurred and recent reports from Anoka County Environmental services indicate that the site is in compliance with County regulations. As of a couple of weeks ago, St. Paul Terminals ceased the intake of all materials at the site until there is a decision by the City regarding their application for a conditional use permit. The scope of the facility proposed includes a redemption and processing center for ferrous and non-ferrous metals; melt furnaces for the aluminum; process and recycle vehicles, including the disassembly of bodies, engines, transmissions; and retail sales of saleable timbers from abandoned railway. Mr. Jeff Schott, Jr. City Council/June 26, 2001 Page 19 of 28