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<br />Mr. Marty Fischer, Premier Commercial Properties, stated he is working with Minnesota <br />Watetjet, which is currently located in the City of Rogers. Present tonight are Dennis and Doug <br />Leaser of Minnesota Watetjet and Grady Kinghorn of Kinghorn Construction. <br /> <br />Mr. Dennis Leaser, Minnesota Watetjet, stated Minnesota Watetjet is a business that is in the <br />process of cutting through the use of high pressure water. They cut anything from 12 inch thick <br />iron to foam. As Mr. Fischer stated Minnesota Watetjet is currently located in a building in <br />Rogers; it is a 6,400 square foot building and they are bursting at the seams. They currently <br />utilize two machines for cutting, and with this' new building that will be increased to six <br />machines. They are currently about four months behind, and are looking forward to getting the <br />building and moving their business in. They are looking at Anoka Hennepin Technical College <br />for possible employees. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt asked if the applicant has any comments or concerns regarding the Staff <br />Review Letter. <br /> <br />Mr. Fischer replied there are some engineering comments regarding drainage; Hakansan <br />Anderson had been retained by the City for the whole industrial park. They will work with the <br />City to accomplish these objectives. There are minimal comments regarding landscaping, and it <br />appears they are over landscaping; they will work with the City on this as well. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt noted the need for expansion on the site appears to be possible in the future. <br />He questioned the planned layout for traffic flow and parking on the site. He indicated he sees it <br />as being challenging from the applicant's standpoint to have a semi access the site from 144th <br />Avenue and travel through the site smoothly and efficiently. <br /> <br />The Commission reviewed the site plan in relation to access and traffic flow through the site. A <br />second access was recommended on the east end of 144th when it is constructed. It was also <br />suggested that the current proposed access onto Azurite be located further north. <br /> <br />Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Levine, to recommend that the City <br />Council grant approval of the proposed site plan for Minnesota Watetjet contingent upon the <br />compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated August 31, 2006, and with the site plan access <br />modifications as discussed. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Levine, Brauer, Cleveland, <br />Hunt, and Trites Rolle. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Van Scoy. <br /> <br />Case #5: <br /> <br />Request for Site Plan Review of GMI Expansion; Case of Sharp & <br />Associates, LLC <br /> <br />Associate Planner DaInes stated Sharp and Associates have applied for site plan review for an <br />expansion to the OMI manufacturing and office facility located at 6511 Bunker Lake Blvd. The <br />site plan is proposing to construct a 9,9~0-square-foot addition onto OMI's existing facility, <br />which is 10,000 square feet in size. The subject property is 2.3 acres and is located in the E-l <br /> <br />Planning Commission/September 7, 2006 <br />Page 12 of 20 <br />