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Councilmember resolution and moved for its adoption: introduced the following RESOLUTION #89-10-__ WHEREAS F & R Enterprises, a Minnesota Partnership has applied to the city for an Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ("MPCA") Open Burning Permit; and WHEREAS, the open burning permit request is for permission to conduct open burning on that property legally described as follows: The Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 32, except the Right-of-Way line of the Burlington Northern Railway, County of Anoka, State of Minnesota; (the "Site"); and WHEREAS, the purpose of the burning is to burn a substantial number of fallen pine trees on the site which are damaged and dead; and WHEREAS, the damage to the trees occurred as a result of a fire in April, 1988, allegedly caused by a passing train; and WHEREAS, the city previously denied an open burning permit to F & R in July, 1989, based on then extremely dry conditions at the site including possible smoke nuisance and fire hazard to adjacent properties; and WHEREAS, F & R now proposes to burn only in the winter months when at least six (6) inches of snow cover is present on the site; and WHEREAS, the City's Fire Chief is of the opinion that the snow cover provision will substantially decrease the fire hazard from the burning site and surrounding properties; and WHEREAS, the City has permits conditioned upon regulations; and the authority to issue open burning compliance with MPCA rules and WHEREAS, the City requires that the open burning be in compliance with MPCA rules and regulations relating to air quality and air emissions. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Ramsey grants an open burning permit to F & R Enterprises, a Minnesota Partnership, upon the following conditions: