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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Page 5 Discussion among Commissioners and staff included clarifying that design/build 200 issues were not before the Planning Commission, and since construction of the 201 tower is a permitted use, there would be no further hearing before the Planning 202 Commission or City Council, with only administrative review and approval at the 203 staff level for those aspects of the project. Mr. Paschke again advised that only 204 purpose for this hearing was for the Interim Use application for the crushing 205 operation that required Planning Commission and City Council action. 206 Further discussion included the advantages in minimizing impacts by crushing 207 and reusing the materials on-site rather than trucking them off site and creating 208 additional truck traffic and noise. 209 Mr. Paschke advised that, in reference to crushing operation noises, he had 210 personally visited a crushing site at I-694 and the former Ramsey County Public 211 Works Garage on Rice Street in Roseville, to document the operation on film with 212 sound to better determine actual impacts. Mr. Paschke advised that there was 213 minimal noise at 150’ and that it didn’t sound much different than standing next to 214 I-694, with that crushing site located just off Owasso Boulevard. Mr. Paschke 215 advised that there was construction-type noise all around the site, but as one 216 moved further away, it was not that obvious, and blended with other surrounding 217 noises. Mr. Paschke advised that residential properties adjacent to this site were 218 not as close in proximity as homes were for that previous project. 219 Commissioners Gottfried and Gisselquist concurred that attempting to complete 220 the crushing operation in the spring was fortuitous and that crushing on site, as 221 opposed to the noise and dust from trucks hauling off-site was the lesser of two 222 evils in getting the work completed. 223 MOTION 224 Member Boerigter moved, seconded by Member Wozniak to RECOMMEND 225 TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL of an INTERIM USE for Saint Paul 226 Regional Water Services (SPRWS) to allow the temporary recycling of 227 concrete at the Dale Street Reservoir, 1901 Alta Vista Drive, based on the 228 comments and findings of Section 4 – 6 and the conditions of Section 7 as 229 detailed in the staff report dated February 03, 2010; amended as follows: 230  Condition H: modify completion date from April 30 to May 15, 2010. 231 Commissioner Wozniak encouraged the applicant and City staff to take every 232 available option to update the community with the status of the project as it 233 pertains to final design. 234 Mr. Paschke duly noted this request. 235 Ayes: 5 236 Nays: 0 237 Motion carried. 238 Chair Doherty noted that the case was scheduled to be heard by the City Council 239 at their February 22, 2010 meeting. 240 b. PLANNING FILE 10-002 241 Request by Raiz Hussain for approval of an amendment to an existing 242 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT to allow the parking areas adjacent to Autumn 243 Street to remain at 1901 Lexington Avenue. 244 Chair Doherty opened the Public Hearing for Project File 10-002 at 7:22 p.m. 245 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed staff’s analysis of the request by Raiz 246 Hussain for an amendment to an existing CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT to allow 247 the parking areas adjacent to Autumn Street to remain at 1901 Lexington 248 Avenue. Mr. Lloyd noted that the Public Hearing was opened at the January 6, 249 2010 meeting of the Planning Commission; however, there was no discussion of 250