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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — JULY 25, 2022 8 Lexington Avenue Road Improvement Project as well as the supplementary difference of landscaping coverage in lieu of plantings. Councilmember Holden requested further information regarding the environmental cleanup on the site. Bruce Carlson, Senior Vice President of Construction for Launch Properties, explained he was excited to be bringing this project forward. He reported the existing building was built in the 1960's and he has been told by Braun Intertec that the site had $500,000 worth of underground contamination and hazardous materials. He stated he has wanted to go onto the site and do more testing, but this cannot occur until after Launch Properties owns the property. Councilmember Radziej asked if the applicant had any concerns with the conditions listed for approval. Mr. Carlson stated he did not have any concerns. He reported the Planning Commission held a great discussion on this Planning Case and made great recommendations for this request. He explained he as excited to be working with Rocket Car Wash on this project. He discussed the snow removal for the site, noting snow would be hauled off site for visibility purposes. He commented further on how well the four proposed businesses would work together. The manner in which traffic would flow through the site was reviewed and he stated he believed the proposed site plan would be traffic calming. Councilmember Scott thanked the applicant for including an electric vehicle charging station within the project plans. He noted this would be the first commercial charging station in the City. He asked if the car wash would be a conveyor type system. Jason Ricks, COO of Rocket Car Wash, reported the car wash would have a conveyor system with soft touch cleaning materials. Councilmember Radziej questioned what the decibel level would be for the vacuum cleaners. Mr. Ricks explained most of his competitors use single individual vacuum units at each location. He reported his vacuum system has one main unit that would be enclosed within the trash enclosure. He indicated there would be some suction noise when the vacuums are being used, but this noise would be minimal. He commented further on how Rocket Car Wash was expanding in the Midwest. Councilmember Holmes requested further information on the parking. Mr. Ricks discussed the number of employees that would be onsite and noted the site would have 10 customer parking spaces. Councilmember Holmes believed the site did not have enough parking stating she had concerns with the fact the uses have overlapping peak times.