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Council debates relocation and noise mitigation for storage domes near neighborhoods
Summary
Staff outlined options to move storage domes to southeast property or install sound panels; council members emphasized need for electricity, secure location, and avoidance of moving the problem to other neighborhoods.
Price — Council members and staff discussed options to relocate storage domes and to reduce noise and neighborhood impacts during a workshop discussion focused on site ownership, electrical service and mitigation costs.
A city staff member said staff are exploring moving the storage to a southeast site they control but noted private parcels slice the access and the city may need to negotiate or secure a remote, secured location with power. "We need a place out on the perimeter of the town... away from everybody," the staff member said, adding that power and security are the main costs.
Council members asked about sound walls and cheaper panel systems that can be attached to chain-link fences. Staff said full sound walls are expensive and that cheaper panels exist but they have not yet fully inventoried costs. Several council members warned moving storage could simply shift complaints to another neighborhood; staff said they will gather cost estimates and return with options.
No formal decision or vote was taken; the council asked staff to prepare cost estimates for relocation and noise mitigation and to identify property-ownership constraints.
