Agenda - Council - 09/25/1990 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I :1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I' 1 6) 7) 8) 9) 1o) 12) 13) That at the public hearing, ali members of the public who desired to testify were given that opportunity. That WMMI has submitted its' a written proposal to the City, which is entitled "Anoka Regional Composting Facility" dated January 16, 1990. That the property adjacent to the site to the North, South, and West is zoned Industrial and to the East is Residential. That no residential dwelling directly abuts the site on any boundary. That the actual site for the yard waste composting facility within the site is proposed to be a distance of less than 700 feet from the closest residences to the East. That the proposed use of the land for yard waste composting is similar to the existing landfill use and recycling operations which is the use of the property directly to the North of the site. That WMMI presently proposes no permanent improvements or structures on the site, such as storage buildings, etc. That on February 26, 1990 the Ramsey City Council adopted it's Resolution #90-02-56 by which resolution the City Council declared that the proposed establishment of a yard waste compost site in a buffer zone is considered a development activity and as such is a development and which requested the Metropolitan Council and Anoka County to act upon WMMI's application pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 473.806. A copy of said Resolution is attached hereto and incorporated herein as fully set forth at this point. That on April 24, 1990, the County of Anoka passed a resolution which states as follows: "...the request of Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. for a partial abrogation of the development limitation on a portion of site "P" for the development of a yard waste composting operation be approved and it is further recommended that the specific area approved for such abrogation of the development limitation be limited to the area delineated in the approved license. It is further recommended that this abrogation be subject to the condition that Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. submit assurances acceptable to the County Attorney's Office that they will not seek compensation for the compost operation if site "P" is selected."