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City Council Minutes January 22, 2008 Page 4 Mayor Klinzing opened the public hearing. • Brad Bjotkman, Business Owner in Martin Plaza-Stated concerns with the following items: 1. Notification process: He stated the property owner and many of the business owners in Martin Plaza did not receive notification of this request and suggested a change in the city's notification process. 2. Statement in the letter from Waconia Farm Supply: He stated the letter indicates that truck rental is not available in Elk River but noted there were two that were easily accessible. 3. Concern with the size of the trucks and their storage location when not in use. He further stated he is not opposed to this request if no travel is allowed across the Martin Plaza property. He stated the farm supply business constantly parks their vehicles in front of the Martin Plaza storefronts. Mr. Bjorkman also expressed public safety concerns with the traffic patterns and the children that attend the home school in Martin Plaza. He further suggested that delivery and pickup of the trucks be located on the east side of the property. He stated he has a petition from eight of the business owners. (T'his petition was never submitted to the city). He requested the following two conditions be added to the conditional use permit: 1. All rental trucks are required to be picked up and delivered on the east side of the pazking lot. 2. All employees are prohibited from driving across the Martin Plaza property. Mike Loscheider, General Manager of Waconia Farm Supply-Questioned where the right- • of-way is located on the Martin Plaza property and whether they own it. He stated many of the Maztin Plaza customers also cross through his property and it would be difficult to direct customers on the route they should take. He suggested installing concrete barriers but Eelt it would be detrimental to both businesses. Wally Kadtowski, Budget Truck Rental-Stated there would be 4-5 trucks at the site, which should be rented out about 55% of the time. He stated the truck sizes range from 10'-24' but the 24' long truck would actually be about 29' counting the cab. Chip Martin, Martin Plaza Property Owner-Stated there is no right-of--way on his property. He stated the property that isn't in his ownership is leased from the state. (Phis would be a few feet of property located along the front of Martin Plaza and pazallel to Highway 10.) Mayor Klinzing closed the public hearing. Councilmember Morin stated he doesn't want to approve this request for the reasons Mr. Bjoxkman listed. He is concerned with the unknown factors regazding the right-of--way, traffic patterns, and the trucks looking like a large advertising sign along the highway. Councilmember Farber concurred and asked Planning Commissioner Dana Anderson about the Commission's discussion on this topic. Mr. Anderson stated he was concerned about the billboard advertising appearance of the trucks along the highway. He stated the Commission was concerned about safety and other • items stored on the property, such as a dumpster and port-a-potty.