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RCA Exhibit A c. PLANNING FILE 15-024 Request by Calyxt, Inc., in conjunction with property owner PIK Terminal CO./Pikovsky Management, LLC, for approval of outdoor agricultural research plots as a CONDITIONAL USE on certain un-addressed parcels south and east of County Road C-2 and Mount Ridge Road As an employee of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), and given known soil contamination on this site and his potential future involvement in working on the site's remediation or related matters, to avoid any potential conflict of interest, advised that on caution's side he would abstain from any action on this request. �� Chair Boguszewski opened the public hearing for PLANNING FILE 15-024 at 7:36 p.m. f i Senior Planner Bryan Lloyd provided a brief history of this request as detailed in the staff �; report dated December 2, 2015. As outlined in the staff report, Mr. Lloyd noted the intent � 3 of the applicant to develop a corporate headquarters, including indoor research and development facilities, greenhouses, and up to five acres of outdoor research plots, as . the remaining uses were permitted. Mr. Lloyd noted the requested Conditional Use was ^ � specific to that outdoor research and development use. Mr. Lloyd noted that the firm was � 7 currently located in New Brighton, but was now growing sufficiently to seek this � 8 expansion of their businesses. �:; As detailed in the staff report, Mr. Lloyd reviewed the Conditional Use criteria and staff's ; � analysis of each component; and addressed the remainder outside city purview and 2' regulated by other regulatory agencies, as staff consulted with those agencies and 2, indicating no concerns to-date with the request. �� Mr. Lloyd reported that staff had received no public comment to-date, and confirmed that <''<; staff recommended approval of the Conditional Use as conditioned for the outdoor 2� research plots. 2.e Discussion 2.7 Chair Boguszewski referenced Section 6 of Attachment C(applicanYs written narrative) ; 8 related to screening, and asked if there should be any reference to that screening as a 2.� condition to the Conditional Use. 3o Mr. Lloyd responded that the Commission could choose to add a condition; however, ;� advised that buffering regulations in the city's regulating plan would take effect along 3% Langton Lake Park boundaries and influence that screening. Also due to the proprietary 3� nature of the company's research, Mr. Lloyd advised that the applicant had an interest in 3=y obscuring those research plots from the public's view, which staff had found to be 35 adequate. 3o Member Murphy noted Ramsey County's property identification numbers (PIN's) 3;�' compared to actual property boundaries being recommended for approval for the 3�; applicant, and asked specifically what properties were under consideration for the 39 Conditional Use request and whether it applied only to those two properties defined by ':; those two PIN's. � � Mr. Lloyd clarified that this request was specific to the two parcels and several underlying �`? lots. At Member Murphy's question as to the applicant's intent to purchase additional lots, �3 Mr. Lloyd advised that while the applicant intended to purchase additional lots, the big �� question for them is if they would be approved for the outdoor test plots. If that answer �� from the Planning commission was yes, Mr. Lloyd advised that then they could proceed � � with purchasing additional parcels. Mr. Lloyd further darified that the plat may come �t� forward at a later point it was not now part of this request for the outdoor research plots. <<8 Member Bull questioned staff's conversation with the Department Agriculture on potential �� problems with windblown dust to nearby residential areas when the applicant may spray. �;;; Member Bull noted another concern may be odors from manure spreading across the �� i test field and if and how they would remediate that. 52 While admitting he was ill-equipped to know, Mr. Lloyd advised based on his 53 conversation with other regulating agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, that Page 10 of 14