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<br />C.O,.S~ IWO burnin~ OlU a~DrOXl~i~ICiX ~r. ,, '','
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<br />from roacwav~ ~o avoid ~;afflc sio~ downs by onlookc;~. Thc be~.~ would also, bc u~ed
<br />w sm(,~her ~he fire if i~ ~come~ necessa~'. In addition, a wn~er ~ank will be' place8 or, thc
<br />sim so wa~cr is available to put om Ibc fire upon order o; if any. fire escapes irom ~hc
<br />bumin~ si~e. 1~ is estimated ~ha~ dmre ~e i70-250 ~u:5: loads of t:'~e~, to be bu~,cd. Mr.
<br />Tom Sauter, the proposed bum con,actor, has 1} years con~acting expedence and serves
<br />on the Anoka Fke Depmment. Mr. Samer estimates tha~ the ~ees can ~ bum~ in ? dnys.
<br />dependin~ on weather condition::: burnini would not o;c~ on windy days.
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<br />Tom Sauter, proposed contractor for the burr, project, was present and stated that he agrees
<br />with Fire Chief Hoeke's concerns and fha: There is a potential fire hazard; and he is willing
<br />to address Mr. Hoeke's safely concerns and exercise extreme control and supervison
<br />during the burning. Mr. Sauter stated th:f: exporting the material is too expensive and no
<br />chipping companies want to chip trees that have t~en down and are full of sand. Ti~e trees
<br />in theL'- current state ~e a fire hazard and the sooner the problem is approached, the sooner
<br />the problem wiI! be eliminated. The plan is to burn slow, have water available and shui
<br />down burning when there are high wind conditions: if the bum peru-fit is issued, extreme
<br />caution would be used.
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<br />Councilmember Pea-son inquired as to the plan for the. iMng trees west of where the fire
<br />occurred.
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<br />b,~. Haik ret~lied tha: in" '~
<br /> ,n~ area to which Councilmember Pearson refers, there is ,~ mixture
<br />of living and slightly burned trees; in the interest of efficiency, ali the trees v,'ould be
<br />cleared out and then the property will 'w~ ready for deveiopmem.
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<br />Councilmember Peterson inquired as to how the smoke from the fire will be controlled.
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<br />Mr. Halk replied that a hot and clean fire is anticipated because the pines are extremely, dr-,,.,
<br />Mr. Haik reiterated that to export the trees off the property is beyond F&R's economic
<br />means; chipping would require a significant number of manhours to down and trim
<br />standin~ trees: chipping contractors are also reluctant to bid on the job because tlne ~ees that
<br />are down are full of sand and it ruins the chipper blades.' ....
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<br />Mr. Goodrich inquired if disposal of the trees at the Anoka Count}' Diseased Tree DisPosal
<br />site has ~en researched.
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<br />Mr. Haik replied that the Count>, site only accepts diseased trees.
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<br />Mr. Sauter stated that he also has been in contact with the Anoka Count>' Diseased Tree
<br />Department and they. do not have the space to burn such a lar~,,'=~ amount of trees.
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<br />Mr. Hartley noted that it has been proposed to burn 250 truck loads of trees in 7 days; this
<br />averages out to burning a truckload per hour between the two pits. Mr. Hartlev inquired as
<br />to the kind of fzre that would result from this rapid of a bum.
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<br />City Council/June 27, 1989
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