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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 19, 1988 PAGE 5 M/S/P Moe/Craves - to appoint Gary A. Lee, 8251 Deer Pond Ct. N., to i' the'Lake Elmo Parks Commission as Second Alternate. Gary will rej?lane Sharon Simpson as Second Alternate. (Motion carried 4-0). . -e IIDJU i ILI 8. Lake Jane Landfill Update - County Staff Mary Luth and Paul Josephson, Washington County, were present to answer questions on the 1987 Evaluation Report on the Lake Jane Landfill. Mary Luth explained that the counties' short-term goals include the prevention of further migration of the pollutants and the continued clean-up and monitoring of residential -area wells. Luth stated that they have seen significant improvement in this area and the levels of contaminants are generally down and, in some places, are now undetectable. Another short term goal is to restore the landfill area to a community park facility, Luth said. The Counties also will continue using the two gradient -control wells aleeady working inside the landfill, and they may add a third gradient -control well in the future. Councilman Graves asked about new contaminants showing up in the NW wells that were not there before. Josephson responded that the two NW wells have exceeded the criteria before and still do. Graves asked if new contaminants have been found there. Josephson answered that vinyl chloride was detected this past summer. The MPCA may have tested for this, but he would have to check the records. Long-range goals for the landfill clean-up are continued monitoring, maintenance and pumping of contaminated wells. Mary Luth reported that it would take up to 30 years for the project to be shut down, or "final site disposal" and that the 30-year timeframe is consistent with other projects around the country. Luth stated that by the year 2018 all residential wells would be clean. Councilman Graves was surprised at the time span necessary to clean up the landfill and asked if this was acceptable. Luth responded that 30 years is probably not acceptable to anyone affected by the contaminated wells, but it's the best the counties can do in terms of this project. Councilman Johnson asked how "clean" is clean. Luth responded that in terms of addressing the long term, they are talking about no levels of contaminants being found in the year 2018. BecaUSe of a snowstorm making the roads drift over and causing hazardous driving, the City Council decided for safety reasons to adjourn the meeting. The Council asked the county staff to come bank and finish their presentation at the February 2nd City Council meeting which they agreed to. M/S/P Graves/Moe - to adjourn the City Council meeting at 8:40 p.m. (Motion carried 4-0).