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i �. ? Section 1012.09�3 of the City Code states: The City Council may attach conditions to :� Interim Use Permits. In reviewing Interim Use Permit applications, the City will establish .. a specific date or event that will tenninate the use on the property. The Council will also a determine that the approval of the interim use would not result in adverse effects on the { public health, safety, and general welfare, and that it will not impose additional costs on �� the public if it is necessary for the public to take the property in the fut�'�. , 5.:i During the 2006 construction season, Ramsey County discovered buried concrete and k asphalt debris as they reconstructedthe intersectionof Snelling Avenue and County Road <.� C. This debris was removed to the County property on Larpenteur Avenue, east of Kent i == Street. i i �.� The temporary use would begin in late March or early April and last for approximately 3 .. days plus the time it takes to install and dismantle the crushing equipment. ;� 5.� This request is similar in nature to (although much smaller in scope than) the Shafer i� Contracting I[JP on the M�rit�x property at 2880 Walnut Street, which was approved by i=. the City Council in February 2005. i r; �.6 The City Council denied a 1998 request to allow a larger, longer, intermittentrecycling i' operation; the minutes from the February 23, 1998 City Council meeting do not indicate G� why the Interim Use Permit was denied. Another similar request was withdrawn, in part, I�� because of the controversy generated by proposals to have such a ten�porary use on the _i� Kent Streetproperty. n � ��M STAFF COMMENTS 2? fx, I General concerns with this type of temporary recycling operation relate to noise, ?� vibrations, and dust. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has requirements �.� pertaining to such noise and vibrations which must be satisfied by crushing operations. � ti �7, � No environmental assessment or impact documentation is required for this activity. �r� �_:� Ramsey County wants to do the crushing and mixing early in the spring while the .. - windows of nearby homes are still closed. This would reduce the potential negative kr� impacts of noise and dust. �� .� Noise level estimates for nearby locations were prepared for the 1998 request; the �n estimates were based on noise level readings from a recycling operation located in South ; i Saint PauL The estimates were prepared for locations at 479 Wagner Street, 512 �� Glenwood Avenue, 1771 Kent Street (the Ramsey County Women's Detention Center), ;:ti and the intersection of Larpenteur Avenue and Mackubin Street. The following + i illustration shows the noise estimates (in red text) at these locations. P�'07-013 RCA �32607 � Page 2 of 4