Posted: August 24, 2020 | Updated: September 13, 2023
AGENDA
NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLIC MEETING
GOVERNMENTAL BODY: THE CITY COUNCIL OF CRESCO, IOWA
DATE OF MEETING: AUGUST 25, 2020
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING: 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED
GOVERNMENTAL BODY WILL MEET AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SET OUT ABOVE. THE TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR SAID MEETING IS AS FOLLOWS:
ROLL CALL: BRENNO, McCARVILLE, FORTUNE, BOUSKA, CARMAN
BUSINESS: There may be action taken on each of the items listed below.
- Attend the City of Cresco Board of Adjustments Public Hearing for a Special Use Permit Request from Cresco Food Technologies LLC Representing the City of Cresco as a Property Owner
COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE:
ADJOURN:
THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN AT THE DIRECTION OF THE MAYOR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 21, CODE OF IOWA AND THE LOCAL RULES OF SAID GOVERNMENTAL BODY. POSTED AUGUST 24, 2020.
MINUTES
Chairperson Kevin Weinacht called the Cresco Board of Adjustments meeting to order on August 25, 2020, at 7:00 pm in City Hall. The public hearing was opened regarding a special use permit application. Cresco Food Technologies applied for the permit to construct a 100-foot exhaust stack for a spray dryer on the southeast corner of their building. A fire in the spray dryer in Spring 2020 destroyed the stack.
The City of Cresco owns property within 500 hundred feet of CFT property and therefore was invited to the public hearing. Mayor Bohle and Council Members Brenno, Fortune, and Bouska attended. Council Members Carman and McCarville were absent.
The minutes from the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting held on August 4, 2020, were read aloud that included a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve the special use permit application filed by Cresco Food Technologies LLC.
CFT Site Manager, Tom Watson, stated that that the request to build a taller stack in place of the old stack is an effort to eliminate the odor. The taller stack provides no benefit to the plant. Comments were received from the public and council members regarding odor issues.
After a short discussion by the Board of Adjustment members, a motion was made and seconded to approve the special use permit and was passed unanimously by the Board of Adjustments.
The City Council did not take any formal action during the meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm. The next regular Cresco City Council meeting will be September 9, 2020, at 7:00 pm at Cresco City Hall.
Mayor Mark Bohle
City Clerk Michelle Girolamo