Minutes - Council - 08/20/1975 - Special

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-3- up to our specifications when they are ready to move in. Seconded by Mr. Mickelson. Motion carried unanimously. C8.20.75 Recess: 9:07 - 9:15. Robert~Casper, BuildinM Inspector: Review report of house on north side of Highway l0 across from weigh station owned by General Mills. The windows have been kicked out, doors have been kicked out. He said the house was unsafe for occupancy. He feels we should issue a condemnation sign for this property. They would then have 72 hours in which to make a reply. Mr. Casper was instructed by the Council to proceed with condemnation on this house. ~~~ Mr. Cox read a letter from Mr. Ed. Fields to the City of Anoka concerning the landfill. Mr. Ray Ketlis from Waste Manage- ment of Minn., Inc. introduced Mr. Don Otter, Mr. Dave Pearre, and the president, Mr. John Pacey, engineer, from the same company. Mr. Pacey is with McCon associates a subsidiary of Waste Management. Mr. Kellis said in the past they have dealt with the City of Anoka on a contract arrangement with them. Anoka doesn't want to be in the landfill business any more. They are here to get the feelings of City of Ramsey about this matter. They don't know what their arrangement is at the moment until they find out what our feelings are about this matter. Mr. Cox asked Mr. Kellis to present his ideas on this landfill. They are at present operating Phase I. It is 1800 feet in length and 500 feet on the east end. There are houses on the west side that abut the landfill and houses on the east of it. Phase I will be filled to 920 foot elevation. It will be completed this fall. Anoka brought sludge from their dis- posal plant out to this landfill until January 1st of this year. Now they are using some on the golf course and some on the fair grounds. Phase I was to be from 1972 to 1977. They are ahead of schedule here. Phase II is about the same ~size as Phase I. Phase II will be brought to an elevation of 920 feet between 1978-1983. Phase III time schedule is 198~-1997. Phase IV was not engineered for landfill use. Concept in 1972 was submitted in 1972 and was approved by the Town Board .at that time. The City of Anoka felt they wanted a ski hill on this property. Total area of the land- fill is 160 acres. They are developing ~3 acres out of the 160. Mr. Reimann feels there should be covering on these landfill mounds before the top soil is replaced. The state and county get reports. Monitoring progress has been going on. Ramsey has re- ceived only an annual test report. Mr. Reimann asked if they had gotten any settling. Mr. Kellis said the only settling he had experienced was that of heavy snow. He asked about a bond. The amount was $10,000. The government has increased it to $25,000. Mr. Cox read minutes from the meeting on the landfill with the City of Anoka on July 1972. Mr. Cox read an agreement on the landfill signed by Mayor Elvig of Anoka. Mr. Cox asked Mr. Pearcy if he was acquainted with the entire area. He replied only with the area being used for the landfill. The County has not approved Phase III. Mr. Kellis said the County wants to keep track of what