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PO ROPOSALVERVIEW The subject property is located in City Planning District 10, has a Comprehensive Plan 1 designation of Community Mixed-Use (CMU), and has a zoning classification of Community 2 Mixed-Use-2 (CMU) District. The site is generally vacant except for former building 3 foundations (offices and cross-dock facility) and parking lot areas. 4 The applicant seeks to establish a temporary operation to crush foundations and paved surfaces, 5 as well as a temporary storage area for the aggregate/gravel by-product. The crushing facility 6 and stockpile would be located along the western side of the property adjacent to Mount Ridge 7 Road. The recycled aggregate/gravel would then be used when the site is redeveloped or the 8 material would be transported to other sites not yet identified. 9 SOH UMMARY OF PEN OUSE 10 At the May 17, 2016, open house, attendees raised concerns about the following: dust control; 11 whether air quality monitors would be used at various locations on the site; noise generated from 12 the crushing operation during legal hours of operation; and the potential of sediment flows to 13 Langton Lake. Bob Vollhabor, Project Manager with Forest Lake Contracting, was in 14 attendance at the open house and provided a detailed overview of the proposed crushing 15 operation and responded to many of the concerns expressed. In his review, Mr. Vollhabor 16 indicated the subject site for the crushing and stockpiling is at the western edge of the PIK 17 property and approximately a half mile from the closest residential area and suggested that the 18 mature trees in the park will buffer noise from the crushing operation. He also indicated that 19 water will be on-site to control any additional dust that is produced from the 20 crushing/stockpiling. Mr. Vollhabor also indicated that all activity has to comply with MPCA 21 rule regarding air pollution/quality. He further indicated that the project will need to comply 22 with MPCA storm water rules and that he intends to install hay bales as additional protection 23 from runoff in case a major rain event should occur. Lastly Mr. Vollhabor stated that he 24 estimates about 25,000 tons of demolition needing to be processed, with approximately 2,500 25 being crushed daily over 10-15 days. If crushing does not take place on the site, there would be 26 an estimated 1,400 truckloads with a minimum of 2,800 vehicle trips on the adjacent and 27 surrounding streets. 28 After the open house and in response to citizen concerns and potential environmental impacts 29 associated with the demolition and crushing operation, the applicant created a Response Action 30 Plan and Construction Contingency Plan and submitted them to the Minnesota Pollution Control 31 Agency for review and approval (Attachment C). 32 RIUA EVIEW OF NTERIMSEPPLICATION 33 To arrive at its recommendation, Planning staff considers the relevant code section, input 34 gathered at the open house, and comments from DRC members. In this case the code section is 35 1009.03: 36 The purpose statement for this section indicates the following: Certain land uses might 37 not be consistent with the land uses designated in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, 38 and they might also fail to meet all of the zoning standards established for the district 39 within which they are proposed; some such land uses may, however, be acceptable or 40 even beneficial if reviewed and provisionally approved for a limited period of time. The 41 purpose of the interim use review process is to allow the approval of interim uses on a 42 case-by-case basis; approved interim uses shall have a definite end date and may be 43 subject to specific conditions considered reasonable and/or necessary for the protection 44 of the public health, safety, and general welfare. 45 PF16-015_RPCA_071316 Page 2 of 5