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To: From: Re: Date: Ramsey City Council Lloyd G. Schnelle, City Administrator Ann Norris, City Planner Pete Raatikka, City Engineer Bill Goodrich, City Attorney Metropolitan Council's "Regional Solid Waste Management Development Guide/Policy Plan" January 18, 1985 As the Council is aware, the Metropolitan Council is proposing a new Regional Solid Waste Management Development Guide/Policy Plan (hereinafter "Plan"). You have each received a copy of the Plan for your individual review. The Metropolitan Council has scheduled a public hearing on the Plan for 1:30 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. on January 28, 1985. The purpose of this memorandum is to supply you with staff recommendations in order to assist the Council in adopting a policy position to be presented at the public hearing on 3anuary 28, 1985 relating to the Plan. It is apparent that the Plan's emphasis is on the future means and methods of handling mixed municipal solid waste. These proposed methods include waste reduction, source separation, centralized materials recovery, waste combustion and, as a "last resort" land disposal. We believe that in general, Ramsey should support the efforts of waste abatement, including public education to implement these efforts. The Council may want, at the public hearing, to offer specific suggestions relating to waste abatement. We feel the most interesting aspect of the Plan is the issue which it neglects to address, that being the impact of existing and future landfills on "host" communities. This of course, is a somewhat unique issue to Ramsey and other host communities and may therefore not receive the general support that other segments of the Plan receive. In August, 1982, the Metropolitan Council prepared and adopted a background report entitled "Compensation and Mitigation; Dealing with the Adverse Impacts of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities". This report deals with compensating host communities for the problems created by landfills located in