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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Page 24 Chair Boguszewski noted that this created a situation for those conditions to be loosened 1170 while other regulatory aspects of CU approval were put in place. Chair Boguszewski 1171 asked that the Commission and public speakers be cognizant of that fact. 1172 Ms. Vogel asked that the further distinction be recognized that the zoning had now also 1173 been changed. 1174 Member Bull also noted a further consideration, with concurrence by Mr. Crain and Ms. 1175 Vogel, that the CU became permanent with the property and possibly beyond the use by 1176 Vogel Mechanical. 1177 Public Comment 1178 Glen Davidson, 1780 W County Road C-2 1179 Mr. Davidson admitted that he and his wife “didn’t have a dog in this fight” as they lived 1180 far enough away that they didn’t anticipate the Vogel operations would impact them. Mr. 1181 Davidson further noted that this was his first involvement in this issue and he had done 1182 no research prior to his attendance at tonight’s meeting and was not aware of any 1183 previous animosities. 1184 Mr. Davidson stated that he was speaking as a retired mechanical engineer of 1185 approximately 30 years, and therefore his mindset was more quantitative versus 1186 qualitative. Therefore, Mr. Davidson stated that he wouldn’t want to be Vogel Mechanical 1187 with some of the conditions suggested, finding them too nebulous and without defining 1188 who made those determinations. On the other hand, Mr. Davidson opined that all of the 1189 conditions should be and could be measurable through regulating documents or other 1190 means. 1191 While the fence was intended to stop light, Mr. Davidson questioned if that addressed the 1192 spaces between the planks; and if the neighborhood objects about that, who decided the 1193 validity of the fence. 1194 Being familiar with metal working, and Vogel’s statement that they were in this for the 1195 long haul, Mr. Davidson opined that their operations today may not be the same in twenty 1196 years at which time they could be grinding, sawing, riveting, arc welding, painting, acid 1197 dipping or other activities depending on technology, the business and the market for their 1198 materials. Mr. Davidson questioned what odor emissions would be involved with those 1199 long-term operations. 1200 To avoid future animosities and/or ambiguities, Mr. Davidson suggested making sure the 1201 approval process at this time adequately serve all parties. 1202 Cassandra Yunker, 2852 Wheeler Street N 1203 Living in close proximity to neighbors bordering the Vogel property, Ms. Yunker 1204 expressed her respect for what they were trying to accomplish. Ms. Yunker expressed 1205 concern with removal of the previous fence leaving the neighborhood yards exposed and 1206 removal of trees and rough trimming and negative aesthetics as a result. If the Vogels 1207 don’t have to replace those fences now, or if the fence is not on the property line to block 1208 the properties in case there should be a gap, Ms. Yunker questioned what resolution was 1209 then available to the neighbors; and since their trees and yards had been destroyed, 1210 where were their children or grandchildren supposed to play. Given the open area now 1211 evidenced adjacent to the Vogel property, Ms. Yunker expressed concern with the overall 1212 situation, and also her concern that it seemed a difficult situation to rectify. However, Ms. 1213 Yunker admitted she didn’t understand what everyone was supposed to do now under 1214 those circumstances. 1215 With the request by Member Murphy as to who cut the trees down along the previous 1216 Kathleen Ericson, fence installation, Ms. came up from the audience and advised that 1217 the first cutting down the middle had been done by Xcel Energy at the request of Vogel 1218 as well as for safety before building the fence, a second cutting done by Twin Cities Tree 1219 Service at the request of Vogel and as their vendor without any notice to neighbors and 1220 cutting along the fence line. 1221