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CASE SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATION TO THE METROPOLITAN LANDFILL ABATEMENT FUND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT GRANT FOR CITY OF RAMSEY DECENTRALIZED BRUSH CHIPPING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM By: Mark S. Banwarl, Community Development Direclor Background: Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.844 of 1he Minnesota Waste Management Act authorizes Metropolitan Council to make grants for landfill abatement activities. Funding for the Metropolitan Council's programs comes from Metropolitan Landfill Abatement Fund which is generated from receipt of 25 cents per cubic yard of solid waste accepted and disposed of at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in the Metropolitan area. The Metropolitan Council's grant programs are available to assist the region in meeting its goal of diverting 20% or more of the solid wasle currenlly generated from being landfilled, using Iow-technology abatement approaches, by the year 1990. One of these programs is the Demonstration Project Grants, which are designed to establish working models of innovative approaches to landfill abatement in the seven county Metropolitan area. Demonstration projects are experimental in nature and are intended Io test new methods in institutional relationships that, if successful, can be replicated throughout the region. On November 17 and November 29, 1988, the Landfill Commission had been working on a grant proposal. The proposal is basically an expansion of the current pilot brush chipping program with a much more developed public information component. The purpose of the proposed grant will be to: 1. Expand the brush chipping program. Provide public information on a neighborhood basis, including neighborhood meetings, to promote good horticultural practices of good vegitation selection, diseased tree control. 3. Avoidance of landfill disposal of brushy materials and on-site usage of these materials. 4. A gradual elimination of the need for burning permits. 5. Resolution will be available at meeting.