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Proposed 7/11/89 FINDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY ON THE APPLICATION OF F & R ENTERPRISES, A MINNESOTA PARTNERSHIP, ' FOR AN OPEN BURNING PERMIT /~W~d~ By application dated June 18, 1989, and supplemented by application received by the City on June 27, 1989, F & R Enterprises, a Minnesota partnership ("F & R"), Suite 679, Butler Square, Minneapolis, Minnesota, applied for an open burning permit in order to dispose of pine trees at its property legally described as follows, to-wit: Northeast Quarter of Northwest Quarter (NE~ of NW%) of Section 29, Township 32, Range 25, except the right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern Railway, Anoka County, Minnesota, which is located northeast of the intersection of Puma Street and U.S. Highway 10. ("the site"). The application was made pursuant to city Ordinance 83-7 and Minn. Rules, parts 7005.0700-.0820. At its regularly scheduled meeting on June 27, 1989, the City Council considered F & R's application. At said meeting F & R's representative was given the opportunity to present evidence and testimony. That F & R owns in total approximately 97 acres which property lies generally north of U.S. Highway 10, west of Puma Street, south of 153rd Avenue N.W. and east of County Road 83. That a pine tree plantation has been planted on F & R's property containing thousands of pine trees. That F & R testified that in April, 1988, a passing train on the Burlington Northern tracks ignited a fire which fire burned through several acres of F & R's property and destroyed thousands of trees. That F & R proposes to dispose of the damaged trees and dead tre~s on the site by burning them in two pits which would be approximately 40 - 60 feet in length and width and approximately-10 - 12 feet in depth. That F & R proposes to locate each of the pits at least 600 feet from any residential dwelling.