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reasonable control on it; Anoka has raped this community for <br />years taking the revenues from that landfill for their General <br />Fund and the people blaming this Council should take their <br />picket signs to the City of Anoka City Hall. From there , you <br />should go to Metro Waste Control Commission because the louder <br />you holler out here the happier they are. It is time the <br />citizens get concerned and do something beyond blaming your <br />Planning Commission and Council. People should remember who <br />they voted for in the last election because down at that State <br />Capitol there are people creating jobs for themselves; ten years <br />ago they were paid $8400/year and now they are making over <br />$20,000 plus their travel expenses; California has twenty times <br />our population and we have just as many legislators as California. <br />Take a look at the people you elect for office and maybe we can <br />get some accountable legislation and avoid the problems you are <br />seeing tonight. <br /> <br />Mr. Ernie Larson - I am shocked and dismayed that one of the <br />residents would stand up here and literally run down people <br />that are elected to office, knowing full well that many of you <br />work many hours beyond what you are compensated for. I don't <br />because I don't make $20,000 and they tell me it doesn't take <br />any brains to be a legislator -- you just have to win an election. <br />But, I am going to say this -- I have heard at least six times <br />tonight that Ramsey City Council has never had a chance for input <br />into any decision concerning permitting or anything else. You <br />got that chance, it's here, it's in front of you. I read the <br />paper, you hold the trump card it says. Now, what are you going <br />to do with it? I think the paper also says that Anoka will be <br />richly compensated for it's investment in the landfill property. <br />I hope that Ramsey is justly compensated also, if this comes to <br />pass, because I think $200,000, $500,000, $15,000,000 is peanuts <br />if that ground water is contaminated and we look at 20 years or <br />50 years of pumping that~ I think you'll be damn glad that there <br />is a PCA, you'll be glad that there is a Super Fund and I think <br />you should be glad that there is a legislature. <br /> <br />Chairman Peterson noted for the record, receiving letters from <br />Barbara J. DeNio, Larry Phillips, three of the Austin children <br />at 6738 153rd Lane, Kay Cowman, AugUst Peltzer, Jr., G. Steiner. <br /> <br />Douglas Fountain - 15255 Garnet Street - Why are the odor problems <br />becoming increasingly obnoxious over the last three years if <br />the daily 6" coverage over the trash is supposed to eliminate <br />them? <br /> <br />Mr. Cook - Over the last couple of years, there have been <br />increased volumes of waste; decomposition is accelerating. <br />Currently, there are some repairs being made to the gas collection <br />system; I think that the gas collection system and the control <br />of odors is in need of expanding at this time and will be part <br />of these expansion plans. <br /> <br />Mr. Fountain - You have made a statement that you are totally <br />passive in land useage. I have been in my location for seven <br />years and during those 7 years, come the first snow of winter <br />and until the first of April, I have been feeding pheasants in <br />my back yard. Will I have that wildlife visible in my yard <br />if you expand to the North? <br /> Counci/P & Z <br /> Public Hearing <br /> <br /> <br />