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Nadene King - The old site is generating leachate, will Waste <br />Management put an infiltration barrier under the existing site? <br />That would be impossible and where does that leave us, will we <br />be better off in a long run? <br /> <br />Mr. Cook - You will be better off because you will have prevented <br />the generation of 80,000,000 gallons of leachate. That is a very <br />significant number; it covers approximately 1/3 of the existing <br />site. <br /> <br />Nadene King - With the ground water flowing in the direction <br />Mr. Cook designated, it will still flow out of the old site in <br />that direction with or without a barrier. If the water is 30' <br />deep, how do you propose to dig deep enough to install an <br />infiltration barrier? <br /> <br />Mr. Cook - The infiltration barrier will be constructed over <br />the existing landfill site; it will stop water from going down <br />into it. The fact that ground water flows to the Southeast <br />means that there will be less leachate entering the ground <br />water from the Northwest. We believe this is one step better <br />than just leaving the site with it's proposed cap. <br /> <br />Nadene King - Waste Management's presentation showing landfills <br />being used for parks after completion is just sugar coating <br />because you have already said that this site will be an open <br />area when it is ended. It is a misconception. <br /> <br />Mr. Cook - Our presentation was to show you what can be done <br />with a landfill. Some communities want a major park developed <br />and some areas prefer not to have a park drawing in the public. <br /> <br />Mike Woodward - 14910 Garnet Street - Has Council done any <br />studies regarding what the City will be doing with the money <br />received from Waste Management, if you do approve the expansion? <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec - There have been no studies; our biggest problems <br />are protection, contract and the agreement. The number one <br />problem is liability and protection. I definitely feel there <br />has to be money coming in and it should be used to still protect <br />the surrounding area and the residents of the surrounding area. <br /> <br />Mike Woodward - By protecting do you mean compensation for not <br />being able t° sell our homes and creating a need for sewer and <br />water? Council has a great responsibility to the people of this <br />City and they have to face up to it now. They can take that <br />responsibility and either vote it down or take that money and <br />try to satisfy the people that are going to be nearly devastated. <br />It's not just the dust, noise and fear of pollution; it's family <br />stress and not being able to invite friends to your home because <br />of the odor. People begin to know you as the 'guy who lives by <br />a dump'. It's all on Council's shoulders and quite a few people <br />will be hurt bad. We have a berm that is supposedly protecting <br />us from the borrow area but it doesn't really protect from noise. <br />Mufflers would muffle the sound very well but the banging and <br />loud trucks that come in from other places -- you can't muffle <br />those. The beepers are law, you can't get rid of that. We <br /> <br />Council/P & Z <br />Public Hearing <br />Pa~e 12 of 23 <br /> <br /> <br />