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<br />Household hazardous Waste Disposal
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<br />ATLAS INCINERATORS
<br />PROPOSING TO LOCATE IN
<br />RAMSEY
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<br />Atlas Incinerators, Inc. is proposing to construct
<br />their corporate headquarters, manufacturing opera-
<br />tions and research facility on 16 acres located nor-
<br />thwest of the intersection of Cty. Rd. #116 and Sun-
<br />fish Lake Blvd. The facility will include 9,600 square
<br />feet of two-story office space, 28,000 square feet of
<br />manufacturing area and 28,000 square feet for a
<br />research and service facility.
<br />The site is located in the 1-1 Industrial District; of-
<br />fices, manufacturing and research are permitted
<br />uses in this district. However, a small portion of the
<br />research division (7% of the entire development) is
<br />proposed for a contract burn facility. A contract burn
<br />facility is not a permitted use in the 1-1 Industrial
<br />District. Atlas is applying for a conditional use per-
<br />mit for this facility; the Planning and Zoning Com-
<br />mission will conduct a public hearing on this request
<br />on June 7, 1988.
<br />Atlas is also requesting City participation (tax in-
<br />crement financing) in their proposed project for site
<br />improvements to the project area including land-
<br />scaping, storm drainage, site preparation, security
<br />lighting, security fencing and land costs. The
<br />Economic Development Commission reviewed that
<br />request on May 10 and recommended Council ap-
<br />proval of the request for tax increment participation
<br />on the project.
<br />Currently, Atlas employs 37 people; by 1992, the
<br />company expects to grow to 125 or more full-time
<br />workers. It is also very possible that the company
<br />may grow into a 24 hour a day operation, in which
<br />case employee numbers would increase to 150-160
<br />in 1992. The types of jobs will be broken down into
<br />four categories: Trade (welders, millwrights, electri-
<br />cians, etc.); Clerical and Support; Technical; and
<br />Management.
<br />Approximately 7 percent of the facility will be us-
<br />ed for contract burning. Atlas is requesting an ap-
<br />propriate permit from the state to burn 18 tons per
<br />day initially, and eventually up to a maximum of 38
<br />tons per day, with no projections for expanding the
<br />contract burn portion of the facility beyond two
<br />operating incinerators. All waste coming to the plant
<br />would be pre-packaged or shipped in bulk-tank
<br />trucks. Solid waste will be stored in a secured,
<br />roofed-in area, while liquid waste will be stored in
<br />concrete-dike bulk tanks.
<br />Atlas will burn eight different waste types. Five of
<br />the types, equalling 60 percent, represent card-
<br />board, floor sweepings, paper, wood and general in-
<br />dustrial trash (plastics, tars, solvents, etc.). Two
<br />waste types, consisting of animal wastes, lab by-
<br />products and veterinary wastes, will represent 10
<br />percent of the total. The final waste type, categoriz-
<br />ed as hospital, will represent the final 30 percent.
<br />Ash will not be dumped at the landfill in Ramsey;
<br />it will be stored under cover, inside the facility and
<br />eventually shipped to a qualified and approved land-
<br />fill. Atlas is not requesting a permit to burn hazar-
<br />dous waste.
<br />Atlas' incinerators are designed, operated and
<br />maintained in accordance with Minnesota pollution
<br />control agency standards.
<br />The new facility will cost more than $3 million and
<br />is planned to be built of pre-stressed concrete with
<br />portions having brick facing. The facility will be
<br />well-landscaped.
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<br />KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL
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<br />RAMSEY CLEAN-UP DAY
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<br />KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL - RAMSEY CLEAN-
<br />UP DAY was a huge success! The day began with
<br />opening ceremonies attended by Anoka County
<br />Commissioner Natalie Haas-Steffen, Mayor Reiman,
<br />Councilman Cox, Councilman Pearson, and Coun-
<br />cilman DeLuca.
<br />Approximately 500 residents took advantage of
<br />the free disposal, Saturday, April 30. In conjunction
<br />with the free disposal Ramsey Jaycees were on hand
<br />to educate and involve the residents in an expand-
<br />ed recycling center with facilities for disposal of
<br />newspapers, mixed metals, aluminum, and brown,
<br />green, and clear glass which in turn will be taken
<br />to recycling plants.
<br />RY AA mustered together approximately 90
<br />athletic participants who helped to clean Ramsey's
<br />Central Park plus various neighborhood parks
<br />throughout the city. Two 4-H clubs, Cheerful Chug-
<br />gers and Lucky Clovers, spent Saturday morning
<br />cleaning 10 miles of roadway ditches.
<br />The household hazardous waste project at City
<br />Hall involved 12 volunteers from the Landfill En-
<br />vironmental Commission with over 100 residents
<br />disposing of motor oil and paint.
<br />All in all the involvement by business and
<br />residents was great.
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<br />IF YOU VALUE YOUR OAKS,
<br />DON'T PRUNE THEM NOW
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<br />If you have oak trees in your yard, now is not the
<br />time to prune them; wait until after July 1. That's the
<br />advice to Harvey Buchite, Anoka County Extension
<br />Agent for the Minnesota Extension Service.
<br />The oak wilt fungus is spread in two ways, accor-
<br />ding to Buchite. Most new infections are the result
<br />of the fungus moving from infected to healthy oaks
<br />via grafted root systems (where the roots of two trees
<br />have grown together). It can also spread by means
<br />of spores produced on red and pin oaks, and have
<br />a fermenting odor that attracts insects, especially
<br />sap-feeding beetles. As the beetles crawl over the
<br />mats, spores of the fungus adhere to them. Infec-
<br />tion of other oak trees can result when the beetles
<br />fly to them to feed on the sap that flows from fresh
<br />wounds.
<br />"That is why the timing of pruning is so impor-
<br />tant," Buchite says. "Overland spread by insects
<br />can be prevented by not wounding oaks from now
<br />until July 1 st. because weather varies from year to
<br />year, wounding of any kind should be avoided from
<br />April 15 to July 1 to be safe. If wounding occurs, a
<br />nontoxic tree wound dressing should be applied im-
<br />mediately to the wound."
<br />Buchite adds that wilting or recently wilted trees
<br />should not be moved in any form, including firewood,
<br />to areas where oaks wilt is not present. He says this
<br />has happened in several instances and accounts for
<br />the long-distance spread of the fungus.
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<br />BUSINESS SCENE
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<br />By: Ramsey Economic Development Commission
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<br />AI Phillips, Altron's founder, started the company
<br />in 1974 with one employee. The company moved
<br />from Plymouth to New Hope in 1977, and they oc-
<br />cupied their new offices and plant in Ramsey in
<br />1982.
<br />From their humble beginnings, Altron today oc-
<br />cupies 40,000 square feet and employs 175 people.
<br />The growth however continues, and AI plans to add
<br />an additional 25,000 square feet to the facility. Ex-
<br />pansion will allow the firm to enlarge it's work force
<br />to 225-250 employees over the next 2-3 years.
<br />Altron, since it's inception, has been solely engag-
<br />ed in custom manufacturing of electronic and
<br />electro-mechanical products. Customers include all
<br />facets of the electronic industry from controls to
<br />medical and data processing system products.
<br />This company's extensive experience in process
<br />development for the surface mounting of com-
<br />ponents has established their facility as one of the
<br />most advanced in this new field.
<br />Continuing activities in conventional printed cir-
<br />cuit assembly with capacity to process boards up to
<br />24 inches wide allows Altron to serve almost anyone
<br />in the industry. Their ability to produce cables and
<br />harnesses and to do light mechanical assembly has
<br />given Altron the opportunity to do complete
<br />assembly for some of their customers.
<br />Altron also offers complete "turn-key" service, in
<br />which they buy all the components, build the pro-
<br />duct, test it and certify the results, giving the
<br />customer a ready to ship product.
<br />AI feels the availability of highly skilled production
<br />and technical personnel in the area gives Altron the
<br />flexibility to provide the services required by his
<br />customers. Their attention to technological changes
<br />allows them to maintain their leadership in this rapid-
<br />ly changing industry.
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<br />Altron, Inc. at 6700 Industry Avenue in Ramsey.
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<br />Lucky Clovers 4-H Club
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<br />NEIGHBORHOOD
<br />WOOD CHIPPING PROJECTS
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<br />The Ramsey Landfill Commission is considering the
<br />promotion of one-day neighborhood wood chipping
<br />projects, where brush and tree branches could be
<br />brought to a neighborhood location and be chopped
<br />into reuseable wood chips. The wood chipping
<br />machine, and someone to operate the machine,
<br />would be available thru the city at a reduced cost
<br />(free?). Residents could take the wood chips home
<br />where they could be used as a mulch in the garden
<br />or at the base of trees and plants.
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<br />The purpose of a wood chipping program is:
<br />1. To provide an alternative to burning (which im-
<br />pacts air quality and fire hazards) and landfilling
<br />(which impacts water quality and wasted
<br />resources).
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<br />2. To abate the disposal of organic products in the
<br />landfill and process that yard debris into a soil
<br />builder for reuse as compost, mulch or landscap-
<br />ing material.
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<br />3. To promote efficient and timely disposal of Oak
<br />Wilt and Dutch Elm diseased brush.
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<br />If you are interested, please fill out the following form
<br />and either mail it, or bring it into City Hall, 15153
<br />Nowthen Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, MN 55303.
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<br />CITY COUNCIL ENTERS INTO
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<br />AN AGREEMENT WITH WASTE
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<br />MANAGEMENT FOR A SKI HILL
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<br />On April 26, 1988, the City Council approved an
<br />agreement with Waste Management of Minnesota,
<br />Inc. which is intended to set out the conditions under
<br />which Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. would
<br />construct a ski hill recreational facility on the north
<br />side of the Anoka Regional Landfill located off of
<br />Sunfish Lake Blvd. The agreement permits Waste
<br />Management of Minnesota to dedicate approximate-
<br />ly 50 acres of land to park use, if for some reason
<br />beyond the control of the City of Ramsey or Waste
<br />Management of Minnesota, a ski hill facility cannot
<br />be constructed on the landfill. Another condition
<br />which the agreement establishes is that if the City
<br />causes the ski hill facility to not proceed after some
<br />construction has taken place, the City will be liable
<br />for the cost of construction up to $300,000. The ski
<br />hill will not be constructed by Waste Management
<br />of Minnesota if Waste Management of Minnesota is
<br />not granted permission to expand the landfill vertical-
<br />ly and use a portion of the land north of the landfill
<br />to excavate soil to be used on landfill.
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