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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK between fifty-eight (58) to sixty-five (65) decibels. It would be less than a lawn mower running. Because we have part of that building we are leaving there, that would also mitigate some of the decibel level, too. So, it would actually be less than that reading. He continued, The heights of the piles are limited to a maximum of thirty (30) feet. They will probably be less than that. That was an approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals. We are also putting some solid fencing along the west property line and the east property line. There will only be one (1) access point into this property and it will be at the northwest corner, where the existing drive is. I believe we had a property owner to the east of this particular site and he had three (3) questions. One (1) was about the access point and he was afraid the access point would be on the east side of the property. That is not the case. We only have one (1) and it's on the west side. He also asked if there would be some kind of screening or fencing between that property and what we are doing. We will do that. There will be a ten(10) foot high solid screening fence. The third (3rd) question was whether or not there would be any vibrations with the equipment on the site. Because they are actually setting the processing equipment on the slab of the existing foundation of the building that was there previously, there will not be those types of vibrations. Committee Chair Davis stated, The key issue that I've continued to see some things on,when you look at pictures of where you're located, US-20, what do you think would be the key difference in how things are piled and stored there versus where it is going to be now?What is the key difference you see? Mr. Danch replied, Over on the McKinley site, there is not the requirement for height but there is also more gravel and dirt back there for what was done that was previously approved. So,this one (1)is going to be more organized than the other one(1). What we will also end up doing with this one (1), that will be on the pavement that exists there today, other than the top soil at the very far back of the property. We will also be meeting the drainage standards for City Engineering. Committee Chair Davis asked, Those are not necessarily in place in the county out there. Mr. Danch replied, In the county, there is a different drainage calculation for everything. So, we have to meet the City codes here. Committeemember Broden stated, You've addressed sounds and vibrations. What about any particulate that would get into the air? Mr. Danch replied, Usually, what they will end up doing is watering down everything. So, when they do any sort of processing,remember when we had told Council that the processing portion of this is only five(5)weeks a year? So, it's not a year-round processing. They do water suppression for that, so,there is no dust or anything that would be blowing off this site. Committeemember Ferlic asked, How many employees are supported by this development? Mr. Danch replied, We had said there will probably be between eight(8) to ten(10) employees at this. That depends on the amount of aggregate material that is there and the workload to take it to additional areas. What we also mentioned was someone asked why this location, it is because the location they have over in Osceola,that is for the Goshen/Elkhart area,this location would be more EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 5