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- VOLUME 1 NUMBER 4 AND 0 V E '9 I d ! I AN 0 K A . RAM S E Y T SEPTEMBEH/OCTOBER 1985 @ FREE I I . I I I ~ i l I I , We're not dealing with any- thing risque or off color here but with the areas of Waste Abatement, the proGess of re- ducing the flow of waste materials that require land- filling. For the past several meet- ings the Ramsey Landfill Ad Hoc Committee has been deal- ing with this topic at the re- quest of the Ramsey City Council. Anoka County has re- quested that Ramsey submit an abatement proposal to the county in October 85. If Ram- sey submits a suitable plan, approximately $3600 would be granted from the county to help implement the abatement program. If Ramsey fails to submit a suitabie plan, then a plan would be given to Ram- sey which we would have to. follow. This action towards an abatement plan stems from re- cent legislative action which prohibits untreated solid wastes from being landfilled after the year 1990, and that counties may require house- holds to separate their waste Abatement. . . Changing The Way We Live for processing. The stage is being set. Ramsey will be participating in some type of abatement pro- gram which could include resource recovery, recycling, education, composting and other forms of abatement. The present landfill has a limit on its permitted capacity. The county is negotiating for a ven- dor to process waste at a RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) Plant which would process the waste into fuel to be used at a power plant. The RDF facility will greatly reduce or could possibly eliminate the need for landfilling in our area. There are many unknowns right now about what will hap- pen in'regards to our garbage but we can be sure of one thing: There will be changes that we will be asked to make. What about NOW? Are you practicing any form of waste abatement? Some areas that we all could consider are as follows: Newspapers . the Ramsey area Boy Scouts maintain a .Andover Election For Park Bond Issue "Let the People Speak" was the unanimous feeling of the An- dover City Council at the August 20 regular meeting, in response to the request by the Parks and Recreation Commis- sion for $300,000 to upgrade City parks. An annual increase in the General Fund Park Budget would give the department the additional funds, however, this would be allocated over a six' year period, whereas, bonding would permit the expenditures to be made in a much shorter time period; and would permit an over-levy for repayment. The Park Commission highly favored the "Bond Issue" approach, citing two concerns: 1) future coun- cil may decide to appropriate the $50,000 to other departments, or 2) the funds would not be sufficient during anyone year to permit expenditures for such items as lighting the athletic fields at City Hall (estimated $120,000). After much discussion, it was felt by the Council that it should be a referendum, thereby making a determination by the taxpayers on the amount of additional monies they were willing to spend for park improvement. The services of a private agency were contracted approximately two months ago to perform a survey to determine if any park improvement was desired by the residents. Following are the results of that survey: Continued on page 9 . Tri-City News trailer which is located in the parking'lot of the Ramsey Mall between LeTourneau's Super Valu and Harold's Hardware. Waste Management" main- tains a trailer near the landfill entrance for newspapers. The proceeds go to the Ramsey Jaycees. The Anoka Band. Parents have a trailer which is usually located at the south side of the county fairgrounds. Yard Wastes. Develop your own compost pile or use grass clippings as a garden mulch. Beverage Cans . .Schwartz- man & Sons of Anoka pur- chases aluminum and bi-metal cans. Scrap Metal . Schwartzman & Sons purchases various types of scrap metals. Waste Management main- tains two large drop-off con- tainers near the entrance to the landfill for scrap metal. The proceeds from the sale of the scrap metal deposited there go to the Ramsey Jay- cees. Motor Oil. Berg Oil has con. tainers for used oil. There is a used oil depository in Anoka located along Harrison St. just west of the fire station. Are you using any of these facilities? Perhaps you prac- tice other effective methods 0' abatefT'ent, SuCh as ..Si ng re- turnable beverage and milk containers. Most of the ideas listed won't make you much, if any. money. But they do re- '. duce the volume of materials being landfilled and in many cases reduce the consump- tion of raw natural resources. If abatement, resource re- covery and recycling aren't part 0' you' fes' ,Ie g.e ' some ,t-ougt-t a"'d ""aJ be g .e it a try! It is a program and a practice that you will be read- ing and hearing more about in the future ~ Inside Your Newsletter School District 11 . . . . . . pages 20-21 Anoka A VTI .............. page 22 Anoka-RarT)sey ommunity College ..... page 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19 Halloween Festivities To Begin On October 28 While it is still a little early to begin thinking about Hallo- ween, preparations have been underway for many months to make the 1985 festivities the best yet. A tentative line-up of Halloween-related activities is "kicked-off" by the Pumpkin Bowl football game at Good- rich Field, which is the final POSTAL CUSTOMER home football game of the year for Anoka. The week long celebration begins on Monday, October 28th with the Great Pumpkin Chase on radio station KANO . 1470 AM. Painting of Hallo- ween scenes on store win- dows in Anoka is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, Oc- tober 28 and 29 by the Fred Moore Junior High School Art Department. Wednesday, Oc- tober 30 is highlighted by the Kiwanis Club's Pancake Breakfast af"!d a fall fashion show both taking place in the Community Room at Anoka Ci~ ty Hall. Don't forget to make Continued on page 16 Car.rt.sort BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 131 Anoka, M N 55303 , I ,