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emanate from the raw asphalt or product prior to its shipping, rather than from the stack itself. Ms. Henderson opined that typically, those odors would be short-term, and would shift with prevailing winds, making them dift-icult to identify. Mr. Peterson noted that their Minneapolis plant operated on two acres of land, north of Lake Street off Cedar Avenue, with an apartment. building immediately adjacent to the property; and that they had never received any complaints of smoke or odor. Mr. Kittleson. noted that the 1Vlinneapolis plant operated on a "wet-wash system," and was not nearly as efficient as the proposed system in Roseville; with this plant proposed as warm rather than hot mix, providing for cleaner operations. Ms. Henderson advised that data predicting a scope for emissions traveling from a stationary site were not a typical request or requirement of the regulatory body in the permitting process. Further discussion included the height. of the stacks, estimated to be 70' or below; explanation by the applicant of the process for collection of materials from old roads and how it was crushed and recycled into a usable size and elements blended at the plant with virgin aggregate from quarries in the metropolitan area; transfer of gravel from a pit in Inver Grove Heights and aggregates from suppliers (limestone) from Burnsville and other sources by truck, and hopefully by a rail spur on site. Councilmember Pust sought clarification for the company's preference to locate in Roseville. Mr. Peterson advised that economic considerations indicated a preference to work within a 15 mile radius of the plant, and within their market area, providing asphalt paving for major highway construction projects in the area, but most work consisting of parking lots, driveway contractors and City streets. Nir. Kittleson advised that the company had a good client base in metropolitan. inner-city suburbs, and that they hoped to be in the City for the long-term, and to be a good corporate neighbor and blend into the community. Mayor Klausing refocused discussion on the request before the City Council as the asphalt plant itself was a permitted use in this industrial zoning district. Mayor Klausing suggested that, at the Council's preference, a future discussion of permitted uses under City Code may be appropriate.