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Memo to Mayor and City Council Page 3 August 23, 2000 activity shall take place in a manner which will not produce offensive conditions observable from neighboring properties.' Softpac's manufacturing process utilizes roll stock of polyethylene material. This is not a raw material. The vinyl is cut and "welded together" using a heated die and then filled with the mixed juice product. This welding process is similar to that of the home-based Daisy Seal-a-Meal® process. The entire process, including pasteurization, takes place within a closed system by which steam and heat are captured for re-use within the building. This closed system eliminates the release of odors from the plant. If odors are detected from outside the plant, measures will be required to eliminate them. None of the activities related to the packaging process will be observable from adjacent properties, including the neighboring residential district. The petition states that there will be "24 hour a daj/' lighting. This is a fair and accurate statement. However, the ordinance requires that at the property line, the level of light be one-half foot-candle. The proposed lighting will be wall- mounted light packs on the rear and sides of the building for security purposes and 30 foot high parking lot standards in the front parking areas for parking lot light lighting and security. These light standards will be shorter than the proposed building. The applicants will be required to meet the one-half foot- candle level established in the ordinance. The petition states that "there will fifty or more trucks per daj/' entering and leaving the plant per day for purposes of delivering materials and shipping product. This is fair and accurate statement; however, all truck traffic will be directed onto Business Center Drive, not through or within the neighboring residential areas. Business Center Drive is a city street designed and built to handle industrial-scale traffic (9-ton limit). Trucks will mix with residential traffic when entering Joplin Street. Joplin Street, however, is a minor arterial and is designed to handle a mix of commercial, industrial, and residential traffic. Highway 10, the adjacent state highway, is designed to support all types of traffic residential, commercial and industrial. It was stated at the public hearing on August 21, 2000, that there would be safety issues created by children on bicycles and pedestrians walking along the street conflicting with the proposed levels of truck traffic. The city has established a network of sidewalks along Business Center Drive and Joplin Street, which provides safe conveyance for pedestrians and bicyclists. There is also a sidewalk along the south side of 183rd Avenue, which also provides safe conveyance. Truck drivers are expected to obey the laws of the road, as would any other driver including passenger vehicles and smaller trucks. Statement 3. The project will negatively impact the surrounding residential neighborhood due to increased noise pollution, increased traffic and S:\PLANNING~v11CHMC\CCREPRTS\CU00-28A.DOC