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DEMONSTRA~ON PROJECT GKA_NT APPLICATION
<br /> FY$9
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<br />A. IAT:ORJ..IATION ABObT ~ PROJECT SPONSOR
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<br />1, Des:ripfion of thc Demonstration Projzzt Gram Sponsor.
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<br />Thc CiLv of Rams."}' is a char,:red cily Ioznte~ in Anol:a Counly. Tn~ Cily was inco.,"paratM on Novemh?,, 12, 19%1
<br />from the area that comprised the township of Ramsay previous!y. The City is ?.2 square miles ir; area and comp:
<br />of predominntcly large wooded 1o~. The CiLv, :k~ host to thc Anol:a CounLv Rer. ional Landfill, is l:cenl.\' :re'arc
<br />Ibc need to abate the solid waste stream. Loan:ed in the city limiks are over 300 at. rcs of public park hinds for its
<br />12,ODD rcsitIzn,.s. Tile City employs 25 full time employees an~ 5 p'..rmanem part time cmplo>,ets. Thc Cay
<br />employs 20 seasonal employees al various times of the >'ear. Tilt city cure:rely operates with :~bout n 2 millinn
<br />dollar t,udge~ for fiszal 1989. The city is :}so currently updating and implementing a compmerizcd pro. i.".m :md dam
<br />management system.
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<br />Description of th." project sponsor's pas', and on-going cxperienae in landfill abet.amen: and closely
<br />related aztivitigs.
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<br />The City has sponsored .n limiled pilot woo: chipping program in 1988 in whi:.h 40 homeov.'ntrs had l.,t,, h
<br />woo~y wasm chipped to prevent landfilling or open burning of ~: material. As c,f November 1988, tl~e Cay is
<br />sponsoring a one ymr pilo: curb:ida r~ycling program in 3 major subdivisions,co,,~p.'.sm=' ......... 302 homes,
<br />the south~st see:ion of the city. The curb:id: program could bezome city-widt. ~nding rzsuks of the pilot program.
<br />~e Cib' of Ramsay is also ~e only certified K~p Ameri~ B~udful (KAB) progr~ in the sram of Minnesota.
<br />KAB effort is to develop a high level of communiw aw~'anzss ,.=atone the ciw's appear:nee and environmental
<br />int:~ity. ~zat~ in Ramsay m~c _ r~} ,linc L-op-off ...... wi~ plans for addifion~ cent:rs in tiaa futura. Thc. Cily
<br />form~ a Lmndfill Commission in 1987 to deal with ~: problems ~seziated wi~ being a hose communi'.y
<br />re~ion~, lmn~fill. The Landfill Commission =: ~e cities dirczfion has sponsored a nous.ho]~ ..~.,,,oot.s-~',',-', X ..s,.
<br />pickup cay, annu~ city-wide clad-up day, =n~ ant a_~ .]o~,..= som~
<br />aztivifies of the City.
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<br />D:s,zription of the proje:t sponso:'s adminisu~tive and management cxpari:n:e in supervising staff,
<br />managing COhO'Oaks, and in pr:pin"lng ~,'rittsn finan:ia2
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<br />The City of Ramsay cu,wently has over 16 sub,SMsions in proTr:ss wiuhin th: city limi',.s. Ra-mse. y has grow,~, from
<br />one-full time empio\'ee in 1974 to the cue-rent staff of 25 ful:-';'-''°" ~ ....
<br /> · . ...... mp,~} .... Tnt City of Ramsay has als::,"?'zawzr,' ' '
<br />the C .... , .....of ........
<br /> .-,.n,.x ..... n, for .... h ..... ir, Fir, an:ia!.,.?.~ ..... ..n=; ,' from the Gox ........... Finance' Officers
<br />.--..s ........ sewer tvs:sm for i'.s ut'ban
<br /> ~_'~ '~_ sine: 1981.The City nas a/so '° -"',-~;
<br />m'. n..;c.~.x's...,.'o- v.,il! a~so include a 500,000 .~z]lo~, wa'--_, sm~--:, lazfi',tv .... to b: completer2 m August ~. oRo.... The ~hv. has
<br />a!so had over 10 bond sai:s for various improvement pro.ier'.s suzh at the wa'."..r and s~wer system, s.'rcm
<br /> .n,~ the on ~oin.- d~x~]op ....... :-2shwav 10 eo,-n'.dor. ~ne CJtx ....... i ·
<br /> ..... iq..,,, ri~ fOUr Tax
<br />...... m .... Fina.nzing dis:-"ic2 with plans for z 5'.,h c;is'.:-,c: in ',5:: coming }'sa.'. The Cit.',' ;.':.as ds:'cicpzg
<br />s'..-:zz:ur: zhz-: for tho flow of info:-madon anf. tn: :.-azl:'.ng of ¢.-o:zza. This structure v,,,, b: sTanz:nr.n by
<br />a~.~4,;',~ o:' ~qe n~,x' comt.-,.u:ar svsmm ~nd tine resulting L':.zreas: in info."n,ation "v
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