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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING 3/6/84 PAGE 11, The Council did not express any concern over the location of the facility (in an RR zone). The Council did indicate a desire to have Mr. Klohn conform to the City Code as much as possible; with the known exception of a needed variance for the number of horses per acre Code requirement. F. Board of Review The County Assessor suggested following the same procedures as in the past, and have the Board of Review meet on Tuesday, May 22nd from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Klaers to advise the County Assessor that the City Council has no problem with the date or time for this review. G Informational Items (1) Marilyn Banister Klaers advised the Council that Marilyn was making a speedy recovery and is working 3/4 time this week and expects her back nearly full-time the week of 3/12/84. (2) Castle Design Klaers advised the Council that the City is being sued by Castle Design. The complaint was received in the city hall on 3/5/84 and has been turned over to the City Attorney and we will answer the complaint within the twenty -day requirement. 9. Jim McLeod - HELP Chairman McLeod stated that at the last public meeting that the County held with engineers discussing the air -stripping and how satisfactory it was working, Mr. Ayers read several articles that stated that contamination can be caused by empty "Mr. Clean" and "Fantastic" bottles; gallon cans of paint; etc. McLeod said he agrees with Ayers, that these things can cause contamination, but is not the primary problem at the landfill site. Since the last public meeting, Dick Johnson who lives on Lake Jane Trail, has come forward and stated that his son worked for the County at the time the dump was being filled. His son and several other neighborhood boys are willing to testify that truck loads of barrels were brought in, and the operator of the dump site (that was working for the County) would immediately get on his bulldozer and squash these barrels, and cover them up. McLeod stated that one of the members of HELP was at the Washington County Fair when Congressman Sikorski was there and asked a question about the dump site, if he was familiar with the problem. Afterwards, a gentleman came up to Dave Jenson, who was at the fair, and said if you want to know what is in that dump site, just ask me, I will tell you everything about it. The gentleman has been contacted and he has considerable knowledge of solid waste management. He has pointed out that he attended seminars put on by EPA in St. Louis and Kansas City in 1973 and 1975, and there was no one there from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.