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Councilmc~,b~~ l'carson introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION #89-1_2-327 <br /> <br />RESOLU'}'I()I'4 AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATION TO <br />METROI'OLiTAN LANDFILL ABATEMENT FUND DEMONSTRATION <br />PR()JEID,? GIiANT FOR TIlE SECOND YEAR OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY <br />DECENFRAI,IZED BRUSH CHIPPING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. <br /> <br /> 'WUEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.844 of the Minnesota Waste <br />Managcmcn',/~ct authorizes Metropolitan Council to make grants for landfill abatement activities; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHI,;REAS, funding for Metropolitan Council's programs comes from <br />Metropolita., l.amlfill Abatement Fund, which is generated from receipt of 25 cents per cubic yard <br />of solid wa:-;,c accepted and disposed of at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in the Metropolitan <br />Area; and <br /> <br /> 'W~tEREAS, Metropolitan Council's grant programs are available to assist the <br />region itl meetiug its goal of diverting 20% or more of the solid waste currently generated from <br />being landfi [lcd, t~sing low-technology abatement approaches, by the year 1990; and <br /> <br /> WqEREAS, one of these programs is the DEMONSTRATION PROJECT <br />GRANTS, which arc designed to establish working models of innovative approaches to landfill <br />abatemcnl i r~ 'ih~'~ sc~vcn county Metropolitan Area; and <br /> <br /> W~IER. EAS, demonstration projects are experimental in nature and are intended <br />to test new u-,.cth{~ds of institutional relationships that, if successful, can be replicated through-out <br />the region; and <br /> <br />'¢~/~ I EREAS, State Statutes will prohibit disposal of prunings (woody wastes) in <br />landfills by .hdy 1. 1990; and <br /> <br /> W!IEREAS, the City of Ramsey participated in the Metropolitan Landfill <br />Abatemertt ['tmd Demonstration Project Grant for the City of Ramsey Decentralized Brush <br />Chipping Dctt~ougi'ration Program. <br /> <br />NOW TIII,;REFt)RE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF RAMSI?.'¥, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: <br /> <br /> i ) That the City Council hereby authorizes the submittal of an application to the <br />Metropolitan; ii~amt?ill Abatement Fund Demonstration Project Grant for the second year of the City <br />of Ramsey ['.,cc{~n t~'alized Brush Chipping Demonstration Program. <br /> <br />Motion for ~l~c adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Councilmember <br />Peterson a~d ~pon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor of: <br /> <br />Co~ l~lc ihnt;~ nbcr l~earson <br />Co~cilt~cm i)r. zr Pcterson <br /> <br />and tile follow i;~ ~; voted ag~dnst the same: <br /> <br /> <br />