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Approved PLANNING COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting —April 15, 2014 7:00 p.m. Present: Chairperson Bruce Howard, Commissioners Paul Banker, Steve Danger, Marvin Deick, Susan Erickson, Erin Nichols - Matkaiti, and Verne McPherson Absent: None Also Present: Janice Gundlach -City Planner, and Gina Bauman - Councilmember Agenda Review: There were no changes to the agenda. Minutes February 18, 2014: Motion by Commissioner McPherson, seconded by Commissioner Danger, to approve the February 18, 2014 meeting minutes as presented. Approved 7 -0. Council Action: Councilmember Bauman explained the Council voted to approve the replacement /renovation of the restrooms and locker rooms at the Community Center. She indicated Pulte Homes has reinstated their intentions to build on the New Brighton Exchange property. Construction of homes and townhomes were anticipated to begin in July, pending approvals from the MPCA. She reported on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at the Shoreview City Hall at 6:30 p.m. there would be a hearing for the Comcast cable franchise. She discussed the franchise negotiation process in further detail and encouraged the public to attend the hearing. Public Hearing: (A) Murlowski Properties, Inc. requests a Special Use Permit to allow construction and implementation of a revised sound mitigation berm and plan on their property located at 2200 Old Highway 8 NW, known as Belair Excavating. City Planner Janice Gundlach reported that the applicant Murlowski Properties, Inc. was acting on behalf of Belair Excavating, requesting a Special Use Permit to allow for the construction and implementation of a revised sound mitigation berm at 2200 Old Highway 8. Of primary concern, is the residential area on Mississippi Street. The purpose of the Special Use Permit is to consider a revised sound mitigation berm and plan, which is a requirement of their Special Use Permit relating to their aggregate crushing /recycling and yard waste transfer uses approved in 2010. The applicant was given three years to construct the berm with a deadline of October 31, 2013. Due to the location of an Xcel power line easement, a portion of the berm could not be completed to the 926 elevation. To date a 150' gap in the berm exists. The applicant was then granted an extension by the City Council, requiring completion of the berm by June 1, 2014. The applicant has concluded that they cannot build the original berm under Xcel's parameters and have submitted a new plan. The new plan requires consideration of a Special Use Permit and new public hearing. She indicated the revised sound mitigation plan and berm consists of three parts: • Construct a new, shorter berm directly behind the previously approved, partially constructed berm. The new berm would be located just east of the original berm and span a distance of approximately 60' -70'. This new berm would achieve a peak height of 940 feet. However, the new berm would not be an earth berm or be vegetated; rather the applicant proposes to use crushed recycled base material (material they process on site). This allows the applicant to construct the berm using a conveyor to achieve a 1:1 slope. • Secondly, the applicant proposes to swap the rubble pile with the processed material pile, moving the rubble pile 700' further east. The rubble pile being moved 700' farther east, and 700' farther away from the residential areas to the west, is significant in that the loud- banging tail -gated trucks dump their loads at the rubble pile. The processed pile produces much less noise.