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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I i I I County/City sports stadium, exposition centex. Edward Moersfelder - ~his development plan Mr. Sevich outlined was fashioned to meet temporary conditional use requirements. ~his proposal leaves adjacent land ready to use consistent with Ramsey's Industrial zoning. ~his piece of mining develo~ent is consistent with the piece to the north being used by Waste Management of Minnesota. All this property will fit within Ramsey's development program~in years to oome. ~e ~hasing process will keep dust and noise to a minimum and there is a natural screening to the mining activity. Mining this property will eliminate the need for additional truck traffic coming into Ramsey. ~e length of time on the permit is tied to the 20 year requirement imposed by the County. Waste Management of Minnesota is agreeable to Planning and Zoning's recommendation that the permit be issued for 5 years with the option to renew. ~e phasing process means that there will only be 5 acres at a time being actively mined and it leaves the property in suitable condition at the termination of the development. Waste Management is prepared to post a $10,000 bond for restoration, is agreeable to no fill material being transported on any public highway and will adhere to dust control regulations. Note that Waste Management has met conditional use permit criteria and ask Council to react favorably and approve Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. 's request for a mining permit. Larry Phillips - 6640 153rd Lane N.W. - We do not want to be the ones to grant this permit to the landfill; it will be viewed as Ramsey wanting the site and we want the decision makers above us to know that Ramsey does not want to be in the landfill business. We have not seen evidence of a need for more fill. At a previous meeting, Mrs. Morgan stated that she had been told by someone at the landfill that there is fill at the existing site and Mr. Terry Miller never denied this statement. Once we give them a permit, we cannot take it back; the decision is in Council's hands and they should vote 'no' to the permit request tonight. Larry Morgan - 15135 Garnet - We feel giving Waste Management of Minnesota a so called temporary mining permit for 20 years is giving them the right to further damage our oon~unity; they are destroying the natural beauty of the area. We already have a landfill that Waste Management of Minnesota owns and operates that we do not want and it has already scarred this oon~unity. At the public hearing in June of 1984, Waste Management of Minnesota stated that the landfill is a large piece of land that cannot be developed; now they want a temporary mining permit to scar our community even more. ~lqis mining will be an extension of the landfill operation as a whole. ~e City has a bad reputation as a city with a landfill and it's probl~s. Do we want our reputation, damaged any more than it already has been? At the January, 1985 Council meeting a landfill ad hoc committee was formed and Councilmember Cox stated that there people outside this oommunity with a large investment in this oommunity -- every citizen here has the same investment in their homes. I am asking Council to deny the mining permit and help the citizens protect our investments. Douglas Fountain - 15255 Garnet - Requesting that the mining permit be denied. In support of that request, I am offering Section 473.806 of the Waste Management Act which says that no oounty, city or town shall permit development not approved by Metro Council nor shall any county, city or town February 12, 1985 Page 3 of 9