Resolution - #93-12-285 Draft - 12/14/1993

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I I Mr. Otter stated he would talk about the landfill plans for a few minutes following the IPS meeting. A resident asked how the company would get all the restaurants to cooperate and to separate plastics, etc. I I I Mr. Otter stated money would get them to cooperate. IPS would be providing the restaurants with an economically based service. They will get by cheaper. Mr. Lucia wasn't certain it would save them money because when the recycling was. introduced in the City, his garbage pick-up rates went up. Mr. Otter suggested he contact his garbage company. Ms. Lemke asked for a definitive list of the compost materials that will be accepted. Mr. Hanahan listed the following: food waste, grocery and restaurant waste, household organic waste, food produce, agriculture, wood, yard and garden waste and sewage sludge. City Engineer Jankowski inquired which of those wastes would be allowed to be stored outside. I I I I I Mr. Hanahan replied it would be yard waste (wood, brush and leaves). Mr. Deemer inquired if they would accept green grass, freshly mowed, to which Mr. Hanahan replied yes. Ms. Dahlgren inquired if anything is going on at the site now to which Mr. Otter replied they are just doing surface discing. Ms. Dahlgren inquired if the facility would be taking the brush and leaves from the Anoka County Bunker Hills site to which Mr. Otter replied no, .it would be wherever they could market it. Ms. Dahlgren inquired about the types of trucks that will be used to haul the material. Mr. Otter stated it would be packer route (garbage) trucks and possibly front-end loader trucks. Ms. Dahlgren commented that regular garbage trucks "ooze" on the streets now and these materials will be wet so what will prevent them from "oozing". I I I I I Mr. Otter stated that the trucks will have a tailgate seal so they won't leak. He added that he would like a citizen to tour one of the IPS facilities. Mr. Bob Hutchison inquired if this facility would only service Waste Management to which Mr. Otter replied no. Mr. Hanahan stated that Waste Management will be their primary customer but that they expect to have other customers as well. Councilmember Zimmerman inquired how big the proposed facility will be. Mr. Hanahan stated it would contain 10 bays and would be approximately 100' wide by 350' long. Ms. Lemke inquired about expansion plans. .5