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<br />14431 Wolfr~m St. N.W. <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />June 8, 1988 <br /> <br />City Council <br />Planning and Zoning Commission <br />Ci t Y o.f li.:..~msey <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />}./ '(:: ."'" - . <br />., " '.- , ~ ':::- TJ <br />J;. i - ", <br />'.J. 0 i~:)') <br />. ....../"''11') <br /> <br />I attended the P and Z meeting June 7 which involved the <br />public hearing fer the conditional use permit for Atlas <br />Incinerators. <br /> <br />I elm sure YOL.1 ,,"Je~"e aWi':'U"'e l\-Ji::IS in d dEl..finite minority ;:,t the <br />meetinq because I supported the permit. and my opinion has <br />nc,.t ch;:lnged. I ~'Jarlt t.o =.tr-ess to you severell i teins I feel <br />ar-e v€~ry ifi,pCJI-tant. It. ,,",las obvious that most people in <br />attendance at the meeting had already reached their own <br />decision be~ore the meeting started. "his includes me. I <br />felt some excellent questions were raised that needed <br />accurate answers. I am not sure all of the answers were <br />cle.::\r to eVE'~ryont?, but I believe the information is <br />available in the engineering report and in the government <br />agency information. <br /> <br />The only real question was whether or not the incinerator <br />part of this facility would impose environmental hazards. I <br />am as concerned as anyone about this problem. I live only <br />1/2 mile from the proposed facility. One particular <br />question concerned the environmental worksheets etc. After <br />the meeting, I learned that these are an integral part of <br />the permit process and would be done before any permit could <br />be given. I do not think this was made clear. It sounded <br />as though these papers had not been ordered and that they <br />might now be done because the public asked for it at the <br />meetinq. <br /> <br />These are some of my own concerns on this issue. I am very <br />concerned about our trash problem as a whole nation and as <br />an international concern. 1 would like to always have <br />somebody else take the responsibility for the waste 1 <br />generate, but that is not possible. I dffi tired of having <br />people be like ostrich with their heads In the sand who <br />think that somehow the problem will be taken care of and <br />that we don"t have to be involved. I am not happy that I <br />live so close to the landfill. I do believe it has lessened <br />the value of our house, but I do not believe this facility <br />would do the same. <br /> <br />I want private industry to do the best job possible to help <br />solve the problems we have all created. I expect the <br />company to make a profit while they produce better products <br />for us. Many of my neighbors feel that they can't trust <br />anyone anymore, so they are afraid to believe what the <br /> <br />b8 <br />