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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 29, 2010 Page 4 Councilmember Ihlan clarified her understanding of Mr. Korstad's November 10, 2010 letter and request for the City Council to take up the Conditional Use application on its merits versus continuing the EAW review by the MPCA. Councilmember Ihlan ques- tioned Mr. Korstad on what evidence and arguments had been submitted to the City Council to show the proposed project met Conditional Use standards and Industrial Zon- ing District performance standards in the Roseville City Code. Councilmember Ihlan fur- ther clarified that based on the materials in the record and included in tonight's packet, the Conditional Use request for outdoor storage of materials was integrally related to and part of a proposed asphalt plant. Mr. Korstad advised that the supporting documentation had been submitted to the City Council in his October 11, 2010 letter. Mr. Korstad advised that his client had asked the City Council to grant approval for an asphalt plant in March, and had been directed by staff to proceed with a Conditional use application process for the related outdoor sto- rage; followed by the environmental review of the project conducted at the request of a number of citizens, as well as the City; with the application connecting those two compo- nents. Public Comment Written Comment provided as bench handouts, attached hereto and made a part hereof: November 24, 2010 letter from Don Siggelkow, Assistant Superintendent, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, in opposition; and a letter dated November 28, 2010 from Liz Wielinski, Commissioner, District 1 (Eastside), Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, also in opposition. Francis "Frank" Rondoni, Attorney with Chestnut and Cambrone, representing Old Dutch Foods, 2375 Terminal Road, Roseville On behalf of his client, Mr. Rondoni advised that written comment had been submitted and included in packet materials for the record, and in an effort to respect the City Coun- cil's time. Mr. Rondoni provided a brief background of Old Dutch's 42 -year history in Roseville, with 300 plus employees, and its location across Terminal Road from the pro- posed asphalt plant. Mr. Rondoni noted the concerns, as addressed in writing and re- viewed by experts in the field, on the potential absorption of odors during potato manu- facturing as well through packaging during transit from their manufacturing facility if the plant was located adjacent to their property. Mr. Rondoni questioned the MPCA's spe- cific consideration of food manufacturing and potential negative and significant impacts on the Old Dutch product, based on industry studies and food processing being suscepti- ble to chemicals and odors during the manufacturing process. Mr. Rondoni referenced a blind study commissioned at his client's expense at Kansas State University to test the absorption of one of the many chemicals to be emitted in the air by the proposed asphalt plant, hydrogen sulfide, and the findings of that study in the chemical being absorbed even through the product packaging. Mr. Rodoni also referenced a report from a medical expert on food absorption, and his findings, based on the EAW and Kansas State report, that it was virtually certain that absorption of chemical odors would occur in their product if the asphalt plant was built. Mr. Rondoni respectfully requested that the City Council consider the devastating health and safety issues that would impact his client and impair