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RESOLUTION 86-30 CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE PROPOSED LANDFILL IN LAKE ELMO REGIONAL PARK RESERVE WHEREAS, Washington County is currently in the process of revising its Solid Waste Master Plan; and WHEREAS, the goals, objectives and policies for the Solid Waste Plan have been revised; and WHEREAS, one of the land disposal objectives indicates that the County will establish a 21464 acre-foot landfill by 1993 in accordance with the Metropolitan Council Policy Plan, pending approval by all parties required by law to act upon the issue; and WHEREAS, one of the land disposal policies indicates that Washington County will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the landfill inventory site located in the Lake Elmo Regional Park Reserve; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo reviewed. the County Solid Waste Master Plan at its February 18, 1986 meeting and finds the following concerns: 1. There is already one failed landfill in the City of Lake Elmo which continues to contaminate private wells and lower the property values in the affected area. 2. Many citizens of Lake Elmo were forced by the County to leave their homes to make way for the County's Regional .Park, with the understanding that the land would remain forever in use as park land. 3. The proposed landfill site is dangerously close to Eagle Point Lake, which with the recently modified 509 surface water management plan will drain or leach into areas of Lake Elmo and other communities downstream. 4. The County proposes to site and construct a "sanitary landfill" at the same time it is working to construct a refuse -derived fuel waste energy plant to provide a better alternative to waste disposal than the discredited technology of landfills. The County is also currently working with the City of. Lake Elmo in trying to find an acceptable method of providing safe water to residents living near the old lake Jane Landfill. The City Council is of the opinion that there is no such thing as a "safe" landfill, a fact which unfortunately is only discovered after the hazard has been created.