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RCA Exhibit A 5�? any such application was regulated by them. As the City operates, Mr. Lloyd clarified that 55 this would not be under their active oversight, but that it would respond to any concerns 56 or complaints should something arise. However, how those chemicals were handled, Mr. 57 Lloyd advised he could not answer definitively. Mr. Lloyd noted that in an urban 58 environment, environmental regulations would prevent an application of significant 59 intensity that would mostly likely cause a nuisance without mitigation in place or 6� determined by those regulatory agencies. 6'i Member Bull asked staff for a clarification as to whether indoor greenhouses would be 62 involved as well as the outdoor research and development plots. 63 Mr. Lloyd advised that there would be enclosed greenhouses regulated under normal �� zoning requirements, a current existing use, and clarified that this Conditional Use was 6�� specific only to the outdoor research plot, with other uses already permitted under current 6� city code. 67 As a previous owner of commercial greenhouses, Member Bull noted their significant 6� light emission requiring black-out curtains in some areas; and questioned if that light 6s would be monitored and regulated at a minimum at the property line as with outdoor 70 lighting on a property. 7 i Mr. Lloyd advised that code parameters would address building lighting, even though it 7� generally pertained to outdoor lighting, to the extent indoor lighting functioned similarly, 7:� cod provisions would come into play. However, with this property far removed from 7� residential areas, Mr. Lloyd advised he didn't see it being problematic. 75 Member Bull questioned restrictions for equipment on city streets as well as storage off- 7�� road for implements indoor or in a screened area. 7� Mr. Lloyd advised that the recent Commercial Mixed Use (CMU)-2 zoning designation did 72 not allow for outdoor storage of any machinery or equipment, and it would need to be 79 enclosed inside a shed structure. 80 At the request of Member Gitzen, Mr. Lloyd confirmed that the Conditional Use would be 8� recorded against the property going forward, no matter who the property owner was. Mr. 8L Lloyd clarified that a Purchase Agreement was pending at this time for the applicant and 8.� was being granted for the land, not specifically to PIK Terminal owners and if granted, the 8�? Conditional Use would remain with the land itself as recorded. 8�; Applicant Representatives: BJ Haun, 1478 Cumberland Street, St. Paul, MN; Greg 8h LaSalle, 5038 Emerson Avenue E, Minneapolis, MN; Tom LaSalle, 2001 Killebrew 8=< Drive, Minneapolis, MN; and Greg Smith, 3721 Glenhunt Avenue, St. Louis Park, 8� MN 89 Tom LaSalle provided a history of his involvement with major corporations to incubate 9(? companies in conjunction with efforts of the University of Minnesota; with Calyxt, Inc. g � being one of those success stories, having now grown to the point of building these 9�� headquarters. 9:> Specific to screening questions, Mr. Smith noted it was important to the applicant that 9�� people didn't see the greenhouse or outdoor test plots for proprietary reasons. However, 9� Mr. Smith clarified it was an overstatement to define this research and development effort 96 in any way as "farming," and advised that the equipment, while specialized for this 9� particular application was not large and would be only slightly larger than that used by a 9Fs typically homeowner for maintaining their lawns, and would be stored inside. 99 BJ Haun, 1478 Cumberland Street, St. Paul, MN 1oc,� Mr. Haun introduced himself, and his credentials as a research scientist and graduate of 10! the U of MN with degrees in plant biology and genetics, serving as Director of Product 102 Development with Calyxt. Mr. Haun provided a more detailed description of their biotech 103 company looking to grow with this new research facility. Mr. Haun assured the 10�:t Commission and public they would not be doing intensive agricultural practices or 105 producing crops that the level of typical farming operations, but simply using research 106 plots for materials being developed and used in laboratories and greenhouses (e.g. Page 11 of 14