Resolution - #82-166 - 12/21/1982

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Councilmamber Van Wagner introduced the following motion and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #82~166 WHEREAS, the Minnesota Hazardous Waste Management Board has proposed a hazardous waste site in the City of Ramsey pursuant to a process and procedure distated by the Minnesota Waste Management Kct; ~and WHEREAS, the Ramsey City Council has been asked to comment on this pro- posal as a part of the public input process on the site selection; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey presently has had an &ctive landfill site within its boundaries since 1967; and WHEREAS, Anoka County, with approval of the Metropolitan Council, has proposed a future larger landfill site adjacent to the existing site, which future site is known as Site "P"; nad WHEREAS, the total acreage involved in the existing site and Site "P" and related buffer areas is approximately 431 acres; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey does not presently have either municipal water or sanitary sewer service; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey is located in between the Rum River, which is protected by the DNR's Scenic River Regulations, and the Mississippi River, which is protected by the EPA's Critical River's Act; and WHEREAS, the Mississippi River is a drinking water source for Minneapolis and other down stream communities. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) To object stenuously to the location of a hazardous waste disposal facility within its corporate boundaries because: a) Ramsey has acted as a "host" community for regional disposal sites for the last 25 years, and if Site "P" becomes a reality, Ramsey will have a disposal site in its community for at least another 25 years. b) Ramsey has done its share in "hosting" waste disposal facilities and it is now time that other communities and localities "host" such facilities and accept the responsibility which Ramsey has. c) Ramsey is not served by either sanitary sewer or municipal water facilities. d) Ramsey and the proposed disposal facility are in close proximity to both the Rum and Mississippi Rivers. 2) To direct Staff to forward this resolution to all appropriate agencies in order that Ramsey's position on this subject be known. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was declared duly seconded b~ Councilmember Reimann and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: