Agenda - Council - 10/29/1985 - Special

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Ramsey Landfill Ad Hoc Committee October I I, I c)85 Page 2 THE WORK PROGRAM LOCAL COMPARISON/VALUE AS A F1JNCTION OF DISTANCE FROM LANDFILL A. Total Area Impact Physical study of the landfill and its attendant area to determine distances within which the following factors may have an impact: a. Odor b. Traffic (garbage trucks, etc.) c. Visibility d. Ground water pollution e. Noise f. Constraints on land use The effective impact area shall be defined by a locus of points defining a line where a weighted average of values assigned to the factors listed above fall from 100 percent at the landfill to background levels. (The relative weights shall be determined on the basis of a rating scale procedure which will systematically reflect the views of the Ad Hoc Committee as to the relative importance of the various factors listed above. (i.e., the rating scale procedure, using input from the Ad Hoc Committee will reflect the extent to which, for example, noise is considered to have a greater or lesser impact than odor or whether traffic has a greater or lesser impact than the visual factor, etc.: the values assigned to the various factors will be adjusted for background levels of these factors). The literature shall be searched for similar studies of this nature. The findings of these studies shall be considered in determining the impact area boundary. Degree of Impact I. Using a rating scale procedure similar to that used in 2, above~ the relative values of the various impact factors listed in "A" above shall be determined for various classes of land use as follows: a. F~esidential housing b. Vacant platted/unplatted residential lands c. Developed commercial/industrial areas and vacant platted/unplatted-commercial/industrial lands. Using these weights in conjunction with the absolute levels of these factors as established in "A" above~ maps shall be prepared showing the level of this weighted factor as a function of distance from the landfill.