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.MIJW.t ,~_ . . . 1. Purpose: The facility located at 2200 Old Hwy 8 NW, New Brighton, MN 55112 is currently owned and operated by the Murlowskis of Belair Excavating, It is currently being used as an outdoor aggregate recycle operation along with a heavy equipment and aggregate material storage yard. This site is a reclaimed demolition landfill. Starting in the early 1960' s the property was used by a number of demolition contractors for disposal of debris from various demolition projects. There is evidence of debris filled to a depth of thirty-five feet or more on the majority of the parcel. In October of 1990 testing commenced to determine an appropriate remediation procedure, Starting in 1991 Belair Excavating began an MPCA approved reclamation process on the property, This process required the placement of a minimum of two feet of impervious clay material to cap the land filled area, Currently the adjacent property to the south up to the railroad tracks has not been remediated, This parcel is currently owned by the United States Government. We are including this additional area in the Rezoning Application and the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Application, I i I Because of the existing conditions on these properties there is no economical means of building sizeable structures or using it for anything other than surface type operations that are restricted under the current I-I zoning, The cost of placing pilings to make that land buildable simply would be cost prohibitive, A much more productive parcel can be utilized with an 1-2 zoning designation which in turn requires an Amendment to the current Comprehensive Plan, Currently the site is underutilized due to the restrictive I-I zonmg, The operation will cause no negative impacts to adjacent properties because of the unique location that is far removed from any residential use, The neighboring properties are all zoned and guided for industrial uses, The property is adjacent to an active railroad line, that dramatically limits the likelihood of any further residential use in the area. The Murlowski's are requesting a Rezoning from I-I to 1-2 and an Amendment to the current Comprehensive Plan to allow for the 1-2 District. The rezoning allows for a more productive use for the property as discussed above and directly benefits the City of New Brighton by reducing the costs of its City road projects, The proposed new zoning district will more accurately reflect the current heavy industrial use of the property. The Comp Plan Amendment is being sought to maintain consistency between the plan and the zoning ordinance, Midwest Asphalt Corporation is applying for a Special Use Permit for outdoor storage, Midwest Asphalt Corporation is planning to use state of the art equipment so that it can continue to use the property for recycling used asphalt and concrete rubble, unloading aggregate materials from railroad cars for its own use and distribution to local customers, producing both high quality Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) products and concrete redi-mix materials, The materials transported into this site will be used to produce and/or be recycled into products that will be used in unpaved and paved roads, transportation 3