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RESOLUTION 87-18 CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITON TO THE SITING OF A NEW LANDFILL FACILITY IN THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo and its residents are currently suffering the effects of one leaking landfill operated by Washington and Ramsey Counties; and WHEREAS, Washington and Ramsey Counties have applied only the minimally acceptable remedial measures to alleviate the suffering of Lake Elmo residents whose wells have been contaminated by the leaking landfill, resulting in continuing suffering by those residents and the City in general; and WHEREAS, there is no known technology which can absolutely guarantee that a sanitary landfill will not leak toxic materials into the environment; and WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has had over 2000 acres of productive land taken for a Regional Park Reserve; and WHEREAS, many Lake Elmo residents were forced from their homes for the purchase of land for this Park Reserve; and WHEREAS, these same residents were promised that their land would be used only for park purposes; and WHEREAS, in spite of repeated pleas from the City and from residents of Lake Elmo, Washington County has proposed that a new landfill. be located in the City of Lake Elmo and in the Lake Elmo Regional Park Reserve; and WHEREAS, the site for this proposed landfill is very close to Eagle Point Lake, which is part of the Main Stem drainage of the Valley Branch Watershed District; and WHEREAS, contamination of Eagle Point Lake by the proposed landfill would lead to contamination of many bodies of water, including the St. Croix River; and WHEREAS, the siting of a landfill should not be in a City already suffering from another leaking landfill, should not be in a Regional Park Reserve, and should not be near a major watershed drainage system; WHEREAS, no other community in Minnesota has more than one mandated landfill; and