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I Motion: Member Cunningham moved, second by Member Rhody, to 2 recommend approval for the five year Interim Use Permit requested by the 3 Ramsey County Department of Public Health to allow the operation of a satellite 4 household hazard waste collection facility in the 1700 block of Kent Street 5 (located on County property adjacent [southeast] to the Community Corrections 6 facility), subject to: 7 8 I) The interim use permit shall be reviewed administratively on an annual 9 basis on the anniversary date of the resolution granting the interim use 10 permit, with a staff report submitted to the Planning Commission and II City Council as needed. 12 13 Ayes: Rhody, Olson, Cunningham, Mulder,Wilke 14 Nays: None 15 Motion carried 5-0. 16 17 6c Planning File 3308: Midland Hills Country Club request for variances to 18 allow an addition onto the existing pump house adjacent to Walsh Lake; property 19 located at 2001 Fulham Street. 20 21 Chair Rhody opened the hearing and requested City Planner Thomas Paschke to 22 provide a verbal summary of the staff report dated May 9, 2001. Thomas Paschke 23 explained the three variance requests for a 350 s.f. expansion of the irrigation 24 pump house adjacent to Walsh Lake. He explained the non-conformities and 25 building, water oriented structure size. The structure is set back more than 12 feet 26 from the shoreline. Variance requests are also made to paint the concrete block 27 walls. 28 29 Walsh Lake has no direct single-family area adjacent to it. The existing pump 30 system must remain in place while the new system is built in an addition to the 31 pump building. The DNR has responded that they would support the variance for 32 building size. He explained the difference in Code language regarding a 33 residential water oriented structure vs. a utility pump house. Thomas Paschke 34 explained the justification for variances and the lack of reasonable alternatives for 35 the building. He also noted the staff recommended two requests, recommended 36 denial of the variance for rock face block exterior wall. 37 38 Member Mulder asked how much of the new building will be used for pump 39 equipment and how much will be used for storage. What alternatives were 40 considered? Could a new building be built separately, then the old building tom 41 down? Could the system be shut down and rebuilt in the fall? (Yes) 42 43 Jeff Hartman, Midland Hills contractor, explained that the existing buildings 44 house wells, which support the level of water within the lake. The excavation in 45 winter to install a wet well must be done in warm weather. The new equipment Page 5 of II