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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 8, 2001 8 Mayor Probst asked Ms. Chaput to point out the location of the compactor in relation to the dumpster. Ms. Chaput indicated the area Mayor Probst was inquiring about. Ms. Chaput stated the applicant was present if Council had any questions. Councilmember Aplikowski stated she understood the business had grown a lot, but was concerned that the Council kept reviewing this issue about the garbage and trash compactor. She asked what could be done about this. Ms. Chaput replied maybe the whole area needed to be screened in. Mayor Probst stated the original applicant was no longer the owner of the property. He made a request of applicant that they deal with these issues more comprehensively. He stated the Council had a variety of requests for the same issues and Council did not like these issues coming to them in bits and pieces instead of on a comprehensive basis. Sue Compton, Manufacturing Services, stated they did look at the whole issue before they moved into the building. She indicated at the time they moved into the building, they had 350 employees, they now had over 600 employees. She stated part of the problem was petroleum waste and that took up a large portion of the waste. She indicated they used to have a 40-yard compactor before they moved into this facility, and stated she did not think it would be this soon that they would grow out of the current compactor. Mayor Probst indicated he did not have an issue with Manufacturing Services, but did have a problem with United Properties. He stated Manufacturing Services was a good business to have in the City, but he was frustrated with United Properties indifference to this situation. Ms. Chaput stated United Properties was willing to do something about this, but does not know if the solution was to enclose each dumpster. She stated she would be talking to United Properties again about this issue. Councilmember Aplikowski asked if applicant was okay with the recommendations being made. Ms. Compton indicated they were. She explained the screening would be put on one side of the compactor because of the dock doors. She indicated if they put screening on the side of the dock doors, they run the risk of the screening getting hit by the semi-tractors. Councilmember Grant asked ifthey had problems with the current compactor getting hit by the semi-tractors. Ms. Compton stated the current compactor did not get hit by the semi-tractors. Councilmember Grant asked with the new compactor being larger would that create a problem. Ms. Compton replied they would have to be a little more careful turning around, but there would be no other problems. Councilmember Larson stated it was nice to see the business growing, but he did not believe they would ever get a solution to this until Council finally made it clear to the owners of the building that they needed to add wing walls to the building or more landscaping. He disagreed that enclosing each dumpster could be a solution. He indicated he would vote against this until the management took a more global approach to this problem.