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-2- yardwaste comporting facility in a portion of Anoka County Candidate Landfill Site P. The facility will accept grasa, leaves and prunings. The total size of the site is 34 acres, and includes a tipping area, composting area, curing area and buffer. WMMI anticipates approximately 23,000 tons of yardwaste will be delivered annually. The facility will be open to hauler~ and individual residents, and will accept bagged and unbagged waste. Differential fees will be charged depending on whether the waste is bagged or not. To minimize the potential for yardwaste litter along access routes, all loads that arrive in uncovered vehicle~ will be charged double. Landfill personnel will operate a debagging machine, and remove all plastic before waste is placed in windrows. Two windrows will be formed, with moisture added from a water truck. Each windrow will be approximately 25 feet wide and ten feet high. After approximately one month, the windrows will be reduced (through decomposition and self-compaction) to about one-half their original size. They will then be turned and combined to form one windrow about the size of each initial orle. WMMI will uae the iow-level technology composting methodology developed by Rutger~ University. This method includes frequent turning, monitoring for temperature, pH, moisture content, Physical appearance, and odors. The total time from delivery of waste and finished compost is anticipated to be about 18 months. The area proposed currently contains gravel roads that will serve this facility. Some minor grading of the area will occur to enhance surface water drainage. A soil berm will screen the facility from Sunfish Lake Boulevard. The composting site will be fenced to limit unauthorized a c c..e,,~. PROJECT REVIEW The proposed project was described by WMMI in the completed Application for Abrogation of Development Limitation (see Attachment A), and in a document entitled Anoka Regional Composting Faeili _t3,, dated January 16, 1990. The Council also received a letter and resolution from the City of Ramsey (see Attachments B and C). These documents indicate the City's opinion that the proposed yardwaste composting facility is development within the statutory meaning, and that the City will not act on the conditional use permit, submitted by WMM~, until the Council and the County have acted on the devel6pment l~nitation abrogation request. The proposed project has been reviewed against the following guidelines adopted by the Council in January, 1989. Guidelines: Referring to the payment of development rights only once, is not applicable to its request. States the Council will not approve requests for permanent structures in the proposed fill area.