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<br />k Iropolitan Council Bulletin for Communit;':~¢~8~vle[8
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<br />MR, ROSENI ~UI"CHI SON;: %
<br />ANUKI CO ENVIRON HEALTH
<br /> COURTHOUSE t~fM FL
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<br />El:ember 3, 1982
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<br />i CENT COUNCIL ACTIQNS (Nov. 22-Dec. :3)
<br /> LTROPOLITAN COUNCIL
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<br /> IThe Council dld not meet last week.
<br /> MMFFTEES OF THE COUNCIL
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<br /> I'T'ne Physical Development Commit-tee recommended the
<br /> tropofitan Council hold a public meeting to consider four
<br /> proposed ~olid waste landfill sites in Carver County on Jan.
<br /> 33. The meeting would be at the Chaska Middle School,
<br /> 30 Chestnut St., Chaska, beginning at 7 p.m,
<br /> State law requires the seven Metropolitan Area c~unties to
<br /> submit site inventories to the Council for review. The Council
<br /> Iff wi[[ develop recommendations for approval or disapproval
<br /> each Carver County site a~er the meeting.
<br /> Sites to be considered are :the following: Site G, Chaska and
<br /> Laketown Township; Site O, Chanhassen; Site O, Laketown
<br /> Iwn~_anip; and Site U, Oahlgren Township,
<br /> For a copy of Council staff evaluations of the proposed
<br /> s~tes, call the Council's Public Information Office a~: 291-6484.
<br /> The committee also recommended that:
<br /> IFunds permitting, 13 local applicant organizations re~ive
<br /> an Maxs Transportation Administration funds to purchas~
<br /> vehicles to transport elderly and handicapped people;
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<br /> lithe Council concur with the Transportation Advisory
<br /> ard proc2~ of allocating federal funds to projecl~ in the
<br /> ertrtate funding substitution program fop federal fiscal year
<br /> 1933: and
<br /> iT he Council approve the following park grant~: an am:luisi-
<br /> n gran! amendmen~ to Carver County for Lake Minnewashta
<br /> gional Park, Jnc:reasJng the amount to S280,000 to a total
<br /> of S2,980,0OO; and a development grant contract amendmen!
<br /> I IRamsey County for Eeiler Reg~ona[ Park., increasing
<br /> ~ount by S159,627 to a total of S846,027.
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<br /> PERPICH PICKS ISAACS AS NEW COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
<br /> I Governor-elect Rudy Perpich selecl, ed Gerald Isaa~ last
<br /> month to succeed Charles Weaver as chairman of th~
<br /> !tropolitan Council.
<br /> }saac~, 51, lives in St. Paul. He i~ a former St.. Paul city
<br />>nomlc developm, ent director and has been a privet,
<br />d.,veloper ~ince leaving city hall in ~978. Before that. he
<br />.amirman of the Minnesota Municipal Commission, St. Paul
<br />purchasing agent and a St. Paul Po~ Authority beard
<br />bet.
<br /> I;aa~ is expected to assume his duties in early January.
<br />IEPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR :,IEMBEFISHiP ON
<br /> YROPOLITAN COUNCIL, R£GIONAL COMMI.SS1ON$
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<br />IThe Minnesota Seczetary of State's Office is acceptin~
<br />pF;c2',~ons for membership on the M, etropolitan Council
<br />and three regional corrm~Fss;ons. Ondt~r the slate 9pen
<br />appolntment~ law, people are encouraged to submit their own
<br />
<br /> Four-year terms ~rom the~foMowingC~rLmc~;{ ~szr~c~ are up
<br /> for appointment beginning Jan. 1, I98:3 (applicxnt~ must liv~
<br /> in the dirtrict): 1 {the southwert portion of St. Paul}, 3 (the
<br /> ea~ern half of St. Paul), 5 (north MinneapoIis,.Robbinsdaie
<br /> and part of Golden Valley}, 7 (southwest Minneapolis),
<br /> 9 {Richfield and eastern Bloomington), I1 (Edina and ~econd2-;
<br /> ring suburbs west of Minneapolis), 13 (central Anok2 County)
<br /> and 15 {most of Dakota County).
<br /> Four-year terms on the Me~ropo[itan Transit Commission,
<br />Metropolitan Waste Control Commission and Parks and Open
<br />Space Commission are also scheduled for appoir,-ument. Appli-
<br />cants must live in the following precinct: A (southwest and
<br />northwest St_ Paul plus Lauderdale, Falcon Heights, and
<br />Rosaville), B {t~e eastern half of St. Paul plus Washin~on
<br />County, ea~ern Anoka County, and the Hastings area of
<br />Dakota County), O {~uburban Ramsey County and ~ntral
<br />Anoka County], and O '(north and northeast Minneapolis ptu$
<br />RobbinsdaIe, St. Anthony and part of Go[den Valley).
<br /> 1-be deadline for appl;cation$ i$ Dec. 21. Forms are avail-
<br />able from the Secretary of State's Office at 296-3266.
<br />
<br />PUBLIC MEETINGS SET ON MITIGATION AND
<br />COMPENSATION FOR DISPOSAL SITES
<br />
<br /> T'he Metropolitan Council will hold two public meeting~
<br />to solicit ideas from affected landowners and interested
<br />citizen~ on mitigating environmental effec~s and compensat-
<br />ing communities for the local risk$, costs and other adverse
<br />effects of solid waste disposal facilities. The Council has
<br />prepared a report, required by the 1980 ~te Wa~e Manage-
<br />ment Act, containing recommendations on methods of
<br />mitigating environmental effects and compensating affected
<br />communities. The report must also identify ways of financing
<br />such methods. The report will go to the Legis]ative Commis-
<br />sion on Waste Management, which will consider possibl~
<br />legislative proposals.
<br /> Mcetlng dates, times and Ioc~t!c:':= are as faI[c-~:
<br />-- Dec. 13,7 p.m., Anoka County CoQrthouse, 325 E. Main
<br />St., Anoka.
<br />-- Dec. 14, 7 p.m., Burn~ville City Hall, 1313 E. Hwy. 13,
<br />Burnsville.
<br /> A background report on m[tiaation and compensation
<br />{pub. no 124324372) explaining the environmental, sccial and
<br />economic impacts of landfills is available free from the
<br />Council"s Public Information Office at 291-6464.
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<br />COUNCIL SETS PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENTS
<br />TO REGIONAL SEWER Pt~AN
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<br /> The M, etropolitan Council will hold a public hearing Jan. 6,
<br />1983. at 2 p.m. in the Council Chambers to receive public
<br />comments on several proposed amendments to it~ W~-ter
<br />Resources t,:anac_ement Policy Plan, Part I, de~llng wi~
<br />sewage treatment and handling.
<br /> ~e amendmcn~ are prooosed to refle~ ~e'.ver discharge
<br />permi~ that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agen~ i$
<br />expected to issue to reglonal sewage treatment plan~ and to
<br />refie~ Io~1 ;overnmen~' comprehensive pls~.~ rev;ewed and
<br />ac~pted by the Council. Th~ am~ndmen~ al~o res~nd to
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