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Melropalitan Council 300 Metro Square Building Seventh Street and Robert Street Saint Paul, Minnesota 5510] 'telephone [612) 291-6453 Office of the Chairman July 28, 1980 Mr. Lloyd G. SChnelle -' - City Administrator City of Ramsey 15153 'Nowfih~. Blvd., N.W. Ramsey, MN 55303 Dear Mr. Schnelle: As a follow-up to your letter of July 2, regarding solid waste disposal needs, I would like to bring to your attention the State's new Waste Management Act. The Minnesota Legislature passed the Waste Management Act during its 1980 session and the new law is concerned with the local effects of solid waste disposal facilities. For instance, the law requires the Metropolitan Council to report to the legislature in 1982 on methods of mitigating and compensating local communities for risks, costs and other adverse effects of solid waste disposal facilities. Such methods may include, for:example: payment outside of levy limitations in lieu of taxes.from property t~ken off the tax rolls; preference for a community containing a facility in federal A-95 reviews conducted by the Council.;:guarantees against any and all liability that may occur, The Council will begin its study this year and we would particularly welcome input on this report from communities such as Ramsey that are presently impacted by solid waste disposal facilities; I would like to also point out-that under-the new law the seven metropolitan .counties.are required to acquire new solid waste disposal sites that will handle the Region's solid waste over the next twenty years. The Metropolitan Council is required to issue general obligation bonds to-provide funds to the counties to pay for the costs of the acquisition of these sites. The debt service on the Council's~bonds must be apportioned by the Council to each :city and.town in the Metropolitan Area except that cities or towns presently containing disposal facilities are permanently exempted from payment. By relieving' communities 'presently containing solid waste sites from payment on these bonds,-the'legislature has recognized the added financial obligations of such communi- ties.