Minutes - Council - 04/30/1979 - Special

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Special Meeting-Council April 30, 1979 Page 6 M. Gallagher asked if there could be another fence on the terrace road to help keep debris from coming down. Mr. Otter - the winds that blow on a few occasions literally broke off steel posts and the fence she is talking about would be blown down two - three times a year and he would be constantly going out to repair it. M. Gallagher asked if Mr. Otter had received an extension regarding covering. Mr. Otter replied yes, due to not enough lime sludge and landfill. M. Gallagher - people within 1/4 mile area of landfill must be notified of changes in ordinances, variances, etc., why weren't they notified. Mayor Gamec - this is not varying from the ordinance, only granting of an extension. Sharon Wentura stated that they were not notified of the change in elevation, originally it was to be ground level or lower, they weren't aware of the height. Regarding sun rights, land to the north 80 acres owned by Westphal, good area for development, that property will be more seriously affected. Did they make any calculations of other property? She feels property on the north will be more severely affected, something should be shown in the report for this area also. Mr. Hutchison. - No, there are so many variables it is difficult to answer how the sun will affect it. Jan Riter, 6522 153rd Avenue N.W. - What will affect the water in the future years? Whose water is tested? Can it be tested in the future so there is no contamination? Mr. Sha- It is a good idea for anyone who feels there is a change in their water condition to have a complete chemical analysis taken. The County Health Department knows more about the wells in this area than anyone else, there are five monitoring wells around the landfill being sampled once a quarter. Deposits of water ought to be analyzed and if contamination is indi- cated the next step would be to go back and check for strong contaminates, in addition, some arrangement should be made for monitoring private wells. A resident at 6530 153rd Lane said his water is black, he got filters and water softener and that took care of the water inside the house but his well water on outside faucets is still black. M. Gallagher - How far below ground did the landfill start? Mr. Otter - 26 to 27 feet below the existing ground level, five feet above the highest known ground water. M. Gallagher - Is it true that the first thing that went in was sewage treat- ment plant waste from the City of Anoka? Mr. Otter - he wasn't there when the landfill was started b~to his knowledge, no, it didn't.