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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 15, 2009 Page 23 Resident from St. Croix Street He noted that there were 300 homes south of Highway 36, and opined that when he walked along their service road, he could smell the Tasty Bakery Company be- yond County Road C, and questioned how much more odor would be obvious from this plant located much closer. He expressed concern that his neighborhood would be able to see and smell the plant; and asked that his government officials make the assumption for its citizens that they chose not to be under that toxic cloud. He advised that residents wanted their City to be greener, cleaner and brighter, creating a better neighborhood. He suggested that notice be provided to anyone within a 5,000' radius of the plant. Gary Grefenberg Mr. Grefenberg provided a Google map, showing a 2000' radius from a portion of the site, and suggested that such a radius be used for notice. Mr. Grefenberg en- couraged the Planning Commission, in their review of zoning codes and their rec- ommendations to the City Council, to discuss current notification requirements and adopt a more sophisticated measure for notice. Councilmember Ihlan suggested a radius approach, similar to that proposed by Mr. Grefenberg, at a minimum to be bounded by Highway 36, County Road B and Cleveland Avenue, and including Fairway Drive to the Golf Course, and po- tentially the other side as well. Councilmember Ihlan opined that she was open to expanding the notice even further to cover businesses to the north. Council- member Ihlan suggested the notice could provide a description of the proposed permanent asphalt plant at the specific site; dates of future meetings; where to find additional information on the website and how to determine when future pub- lic meetings were being held. Councilmember Ihlan advised that she would agree to take such action at tonight's meeting as a first step to further notify the public Councilmember Ihlan opined that there was no need to wait for another meeting to provide notice to a broader radius; and expressed frustration that the City Council was quibbling about minor details when the main and larger issue was about the potential construction of an asphalt plant by residential neighborhoods and businesses. Mayor Klausing opined that he had no problem with that potential notification area; however, he expressed concern that a motion was being put together on the fly without a firm proposal of where the notice goes, and what decisions were proposed. Mayor Klausing reiterated that, at this time, the EQB had not deter- mined the RGU, and that notice may be premature until they made that determina- tion. Mayor Klausing opined that their determination seemed like important in- formation to provide to the public in a pending notice; rather than copying the public on the application as submitted, but subsequently pulled from considera- tion at this time. Mayor Klausing opined that the map as suggested by Mr. Gre-