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. . . Planning Commission Minutes May 28, 1986 Page Thr.ee Tom Woods felt that the variance should be denied because of variance standard #5, which shows that it could have an injurious effect on the residents of the City of Elk River. He further indicated that the people who work in that plant will be residents of Elk River and felt this was a violation of the ordinance. Mrs. Susan Sundahl of Ramsy was present and asked if we were aware of the public outcry regarding this facility and that the people are against it in this area. She was concerned about the value of her land going down and indicated they would move if this facility was allowed to go in. She further indicated that they had their farm appraised and the value of the farm would be much less if this facility was allowed to go in. Chairman Tralle indicated he would like this appraisal submitted to the staff. Jean Eggert of Elk River was against this variance for basically the same reasons. She further noted that they were moving if this facility goes in and no matter what the figures show she felt they could not be 100% sure that this will not pollute the air and ground water. Mr. Leslie Davis was present of 1138 Plymouth Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Davis's comment was that he was against this variance because it would lower property values. He would like to see an appraiser hired to check into this. He further indicated he did not understand the Hold Harmless Clause. Chairman Tralle indicated that this basically states the City will not be held responsible for lack of fire equipment that can not reach the top of this building. Chairman Tralle further noted that they are trying to make the safest possible plant that they can and there are no guarantees and this is an issue that he has spent a lot of time on to come up with the right answers as this will affect all of us. Chairman Tralle closed the public hearing. Discussion was held regarding the flail mills enclosure vents and Commissioner Warner wanted more information on the flail mills before he could make a decision. Susan Sundahl indicated they were going to get a petition started and wanted to know what kind of time frame they were talking about. Commissioner Warner indicated that they should get this in as soon as possible. Jerome Zylkowski, project manager for NSP, invited the staff, Planning Commission Members, City Council and anyone interested to tour the ReF facility at Newport. It was the concensus of the Planning Commission that a tour of the plant should be arranged. Commissioner Fuchs felt he was not in a position at this time to make a decision. He felt he wasn't prepared to decide on variance standard #5 and would like to have this continued. He asked the Building and Zoning Administrator to get more copies of the Draft Environmental Statement Review. It was the concensus of the Planning Commission to table thig until a later date when the final EIS has been completed.