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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION <br />PUBLIC HEARING <br /> CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA COUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Thc Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on Tuesday, <br />February 6, 1990 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, <br />Minnesota regarding Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc.'s request for a conditional use <br />permit to establish a yard waste compost site. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Mr. Gerald Zimmerman, Chairman <br />Mr. Charles LaDue <br />Mr. Terry Hendriksen <br />Mr. Ben Deemer <br />Mr. Roy Shumway <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />Community Development Director Mark Banwart <br />City Administrator David Hartley <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Mr. Michael Terry <br />Mr. David Bawden <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Chairman Zimmerman called the public hearing to order at 7:36 p.m. <br /> <br />PRESENTATION <br /> <br />Mr. Terry Miller, General Manager of Waste Management of Minnesota's Anoka Re~onal <br />Landfill site, was present and introduced Kathy Peterson, Assistant Operations Manager <br />and Steve Kollodge, Senior Site Engineer. Mr. Miller stated that as of January 1, 1990, <br />there is a ban on the disposal of yard waste in sanitary landf'flls. <br /> <br />Steve Kollodge stated that the proposed compost project would be located south of the <br />Anoka Sanitary Regional Landfill and consist of 33.4 acres; 14.5 acres as the composting <br />area, 3.4 acres as the curing area, 1.0 acres as the tipping area and 14.5 acres of drainage <br />and buffer area. The project capacity is proposed at 23,200 tons and hours of operation <br />would be consistent with those of the landfill. The operation consists of acceptance of <br />grass, leaves, brush and tree prunings at the tipping area. The tipping are would be divided <br />into three sections; one section for bagged yard waste, one for debagged yard waste and <br />one for tree by-products. Following the unloading of the material by the user of the <br />facility, Waste Management personnel would be responsible for the materials from that <br />point on, including debagging what is bagged. The material would then be taken to the <br />composting area with a front end loader where it is set up in windrows for decomposition. <br />The windrows would be approximately 25 feet across, 10 feet high and several hundred <br />feet long. The material remains in this area for 6 months where it is periodically moisture <br />conditioned and turned over to add oxygen back into the piles to enhance decomposition <br />and reduce odor generation. Following this 6 month period, the compost will reduce in <br />volume by approximately 50% and then is transferred to the curing area. The curing piles <br />will be built up to approximately 20 feet in height to provide insulation from freezing over <br /> <br />Planning & Zoning Commission Public Hearing/February 6, 1990 <br /> Page 1 of 7 <br /> <br /> <br />