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JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION/CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OCTOBER 12, 1981 Chairman Michels called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.. ROLL CALL: Prince, Dreher, Halden, Lundquist, Na;zarian,Gifford, Moe, Lyall, and Mazarra. City Council - Novak, Mottaz, Fraser and Eder City Administrator Whittaker. MINUTES: September 14, 1981 M/S/P Lundquist/Prince to approve the minutes of September 14, as amended. ° Page 1 - Outline for Highway Plan the Administrator strongly urges the neeess-ity development of a Highway Plan. PLANNING CONFERENCE: The following Commissioners will attend the Planning Conference at the Maplewood Holiday Inn: Nazarian, Moe, Mazarra, Lyall, Gifford, Prince and Dreher. INTRODUCTIONS: Mayor Eder introduced the following guests: Mary Hauser, Met Council Representative, Vic Ward, Met Council, Bob Mazanec, Met Council, Connie Levi, State Representative, Senator Jerome Hughes and City Planner Rob Chelseth. AGENDA ITEMS: 1. Landfill - Regional Park - The Council asked the Met Council representatives and the legislators to react to Lake"rlmols positib4-.:opposing landfills, landfills in park reserves -.more specifically, in the Lake Elmo Park Reserve. --Hauser - there is no land that cannot be considered under the statute. --Levi - feeling in the legislature is that public land ought to be as likely for siting as private land - reason why the provision is in the statute,- no land should be excluded from consideration. This allows for park reserve land to be considered along with farm land. Provides for fairness. --Hauser - regarding siting'- much public controversey� pro and con, on the use of public land :vs acquiring additional land. --Lyall - no trading considered - just want to acquire the land. --Levi - legislation has been proposed to sell off surplus land and restrict additional acquisition. Can't afford to maintain what we have. Working on a remedy. -- Whittaker - concerns not related so much to,if the land was public or private initially,but the fact that land acquired for regional park was done with assumptions and assurances that it was going to be used for regional park with government funds, for park purposes. Nature of the park is a park reserve - landfill use would impact wildlife and ecological structure of the area. Antithesis of a park reserve to put in a dung -it will not longer be a park reserve - it will be a dump. Noted the Met Council rated the Lake Elmo Park Reserve 23 out of 23 sites for a sludge and ash disposal site while the County still is considering it as a regular landfill. A sludge and ash disposal would be more controlled, more manageable generate.less traffic, less damaging than a landfill. Asked how the County and the.pCA can 'continue to consider it. Want to get this message through to the Met Council