Resolution - #81-107 - 08/18/1981

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Councilmember Sorteberg introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #81-107 WHEREAS, Anoka County has expressed, at the staff level an in- terest in becoming the owner and operator of the Anoka Landfill located in the City of Ramsey; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey has at least some preliminary in- terest in Anoka County becoming the owner of the Anoka Landfill; and WHEREAS, such a possibility is contingent on the resolution of numberous matters such as liability responsibility, ultimate use of the site, City Council action on the South 80 acre tract, the methane gas use feasibility, royalties to be paid to the City of Ramsey and numerous other matters yet to be addressed by the City Council; and WHEREAS~ pursuant to the Waste Management Act~ Anoka County has designated the Anoka Landfill as one of five (5) landfill slues to meet the County's landfill needs for the future; and WHEREAS, the Pollution Control AGency has expressed some reser- vation about the Anoka landfill South 80 acres being environmentally suit- able for a landfill site; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey City Council has itself not taken an official position on the future use of the South 80 acre tract; and WHEREAS, the City Council does want the option to review this subject through public hearings with its citizens; and WHEREAS, the Pollution Control Agency is holding a public hear- ing on August 19, 1981 for the purpose of taking public input regarding the County's five (5) proposed sites. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) Depending on the resolution of many details and the answers to numerous questions, the Ramsey City Council has some interest in the Anoka landfill becoming a county owned site. 2) The City attorney is authorized to explore with the County the necessary details and ramifications of County ownership of the site and to report back to the Council with his findings. 3) The City requests that the Pollution Control Agency leave the landfill site's South 80 acres on its Anoka County site inventory list at least until the City Council has had an opportunity to take an official position on whether or not it wants the South 80 acres to become a landfill site.