Agenda - Council - 09/13/1982 - Special

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! Lloyd G. Schnelle Administrator/Clerk City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW. Ramsey, MN 55303 ADMINIsIRAIOR'S OFFICE RE: City of Ramsey Resolution No. 82-108 982 300 Metro Square Building Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Telephone 612/291 - 6359 Dear Mr. Schnelle: I have recently received a copy of Ramsey's Resolution 82-108 citing concerns regardin9 Anoka County's proposed landfill Site P an'd requesting the Metro- politan Council to retain a consultant to answer those questions. B~fore I address the specific issues raised by the City Council, let me first explain the purpose of the Metropolitan Council's review of the county's candidate landfill sites and the status of our review of Site P. The Waste Management Act, passed by the Minnesota Legislature in 1980, requires each county in the Metropolitan Area to identify four potential sites for disposal of solid waste and one site for demolition waste. Each candidate site must be reviewed and approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as "intrinsi-~,;~'~ '-~ cally suitable." As the next step in the review process, the Council evaluate how well each candidate site satisfies the policies and criteria of the Council's Solid Waste Management Policy Plan. The Waste Management Act also specifically requires the Council to analyze the sites with respect to: land use and land use controls, existing and future development pattens, environmental impacts, the protection of agriculture and natural resources, transportation and other services and facilities appropriate to land disposal, patterns of solid waste generation; the facility's proposed final use and quality of other potential sites. Our staff's preliminary evaluation of Site P was discussed at a public meetin9 in Blaine on April 13 held by the Council to receive comments from the public and local communities on each of Anoka County's sites. Using this information, staff have revised their evaluation and prepared a recommendation that Site P be approved as a candidate landfill site. That evaluation and recommendation will be discussed further by the Metropolitan Waste Management Advisory Committee on Sept. 14, the Physical Development Committee on Sept. 15 and the full Council on Sept. 23, 1982. We strongly encourage your participation in these meetings. The Council's action to approve a site at this stage in the process allows the site to continue to be considered as a candidate for implementation. However, the Council's action is by no means a final approval of the site. An environ- mental assessment of the s~te is required, and the county will have to develop more detailed information about the site than is available at the current time. This assessment is to be used to help select among the candidate sites. Actual site selection is made by a group composed of the county board and a representative from each city with a candidate site. After sites are selected, they will require an environmental impact statement and also a permit from the MPCA. ' · An Agency Creat~,d to (]oordin~tte the I']anning and Developtnent of th~Twin Citings /~?letropolit.~n Area Comprising: knoka County 0 Carver ¢'ounty OD~,kotlt Co~nty 0 }~lennepin Cotlnty 0 lr~an~;ey Cotlt, ty 0 Scott Counl.~' ~ W:t.l,ingtol! Country An I~qt.tl Opportunity Ernl,loy~.'r