July 1, 2013 Regular Mtg - City of Anoka

June 17, 2013 (Regular)Page 20 of 32said they are trying to be a friendly neighbor and have seen some satisfiedresponses from some of the neighbors.Mayor Rice said the two sound makers are the vacuums and the blowersand asked if they are being directed out the door. Mr. Scout said if thesound was coming straight out it would be louder but vacuums arehemispherical and the blowers will send more noise toward the Andoverside 100 feet away because the noise is reflecting off another surface.Mayor Rice said there are several hours of each day that does not matchthe sound of the road. Mr. Scout said we measured during the leastamount of noise from the traffic so the result is that this will be probablyquieter than other times of day.Mayor Rice noted the lighting can be directed to not spill over intoneighboring houses.Ms. Peterson said she is concerned about the lights and asked if customerswill be allowed to drive into the north entrance and exit. Mayor Rice saidthis is a County decision and that the driver will most likely do the rightin/right-out,adding the left turn will be more difficult so drivers mostlikely will not do it.Ms. Peterson asked if the applicant will not be doubling the fence on thenorth end due to the spruce trees. Mayor Rice said no that due to the plansit will be a privacy fence.Councilmember Schmidt said the applicant will retain as many existingtrees as possible. Ms. Peterson noted these are not very healthy trees.Councilmember Freeburg said the trees may become healthier oncepruned. Mr. Scout said the area contains Boxelder trees and others but doprovide screening so they will likely keep them and add to them with thespruce trees. He agreed that corrective pruning may help a little.Councilmember Freeburg said he visits the Mr. Car Wash location on EastRiver Road and that their operation doesn’t seem loud, adding Mr. Dunn’swill likely be technologically better.Councilmember Schmidt said the outside vacuums will have a building inbetween. Mr. Dunn said there are vacuums on the front but not right nextto property line, which will help with the noise concerns.Mr. Scout said they had measured sound at another car wash and placedthose figures into the calculations to meet the criteria.41 of 360