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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - - -- :1 OCTOBER 161 1984'yT,. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Eder at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council chambers. Present: Dunn, Fraser (arrived 7:10 p.m.), Mazzara, Morgan, City Administrator Klaers, City Engineer Bohrer. 1. Agenda M/S/P Mazzara/Morgan - To approve the agenda as amended. Delete 7F 4 and 5, add 7G-1 Salary Ordinance, 7G-2 Election Judges, 7G-3 David Nelson Preliminary Plat and Variances. (Motion carried 4-0). 2. Minutes: October 2, 1984 M/S/P Dunn/Mazzara - To approve the minutes of the 10-2-84 City Council meeting as presented. (Motion carried 4-0). 3. Claims M/S/P Dunn/Morgan - To approve claims #85343 thru 85379 as presented. (Motion carried 4-0). 4. Waste to Energy Project update by Project Coordinator, Doug Wood. Mr. Wood stated that Washington and Ramsey Counties started negotiations with two vendors on October 4, 1984. The two vendors are NSP which are associates of National Ecology, and Aenco which is a subsidiary of Cargill Corporation. The Waste -to -Energy committee meets with each of these firms twice a week. Mr. Wood anticipates that this process will continue until December 7, 1984 when their construction bids are required. The first two items on the agenda of negotiations when these meetings started were financing options and site options. There is a firm committment from NSP in which they indicate they will be bidding their facility to be located in Newport. Aenco is still studying the Newport and Lake Elmo sites, however a representative from Aenco has indicated they are leaning towards the Newport site. The primary reason for this is that the property in Newport is owned by Cargill (just adjacent to North Star Steel Corporation). There are two primary reasons why NSP has elected the Newport site and Aenco is leaning towards this site. The first reason is that the area in Newport where this plant would be located is highly industrial and the City of Newport is welcoming an RDF development there. The second reason is the cost of the land and the land size requirement would be substantially less. Mr. Wood further stated that when he does receive the final word from Aenco, he will inform the City Administrator and the City's representative to the Waste -To -Energy Committee, Mike Mazzara.