Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/21/1985

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I '1 I I public hearing: 1. Request for a temporary oonditional use permit for mining; case of Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. ~he public hearing adjourned at 9:00 p.m. and Council recessed. Mayor Heitman called the regular meeting back to order at 9:18 p.m. COUN~TL BOSINESS ~ R~uest For A ~T~rarv COJldit/onal Use Permit For Min/n~: ~ C~se Df i~LaSte Mana~e~ent Of l~esota, Inc.-, Councilmember Reimann requested that City Attorney Goodrich explain Minnesota Statute 473.806. Mr. Goodrich stated that in the siting process in the Waste Management Act of 1980, legislature set up a program whereby any site designated, although not chosen, and the area within that site, as well as required buffer area, shall not be developed; this allows for preserving of property within designated landfill inventory, including Site P, for potential use as a landfill. mining permit request before the City will require Metro Council and County permits for that use because of the moratorium. If the City were to grant this mining permit, it is 100% oontingent upon the applicant receiving approval from Metro Council and the County for this development. Development would mean any change in land use from what exists there now. Councilmember Schlueter inquired if the issuance of this permit is absolutely essential to complete the capacity of the existing landfill. Mr. Edward Moersfelder replied that he doesn't know. Completing capacity at the existing landfill is not the total picture; the operation does not cease when the last dumping is made at the site. ~e future of the landfill is determined by factors that Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. does not have control over. ~e site may be closed without anything more being done to it; PCA and County may direct for substantial changes in slope, for instance, that would require more filling. Councilmember Schlueter inquired why Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. did not approach Metro Council and the County regarding lifting the moratorium prior to approaching the City for a mining permit. Mr. Moersfelder stated that during oontract negotiations with Ramsey, Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. anticipated getting the mining permit and up until the sale closing, Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. was given to understand that the mining permit would be an administrative matter for Ramsey. ~e mining permit request was placed, by this Council, on the advice of City Attorney Goodrich, into the temporary conditional use catecjory. Waste Management felt it appropriate to pursue the matter with Ramsey; and in fairness to Metro Council, Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. wanted to be able to tell them that one piece of flapping tarp had been pinned down. Waste Management has tried to provide Ramsey with the best information possible February 12, 1985 Page 5 of 16