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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 1, 1988 PAGE 3 City Councils. REAPP now has 12 resolutions from surrounding cities and will continue to work to get more. They have also written to the St. Paul City Council because their president has indicated an interest in introducing a similar resolution. The Environmental Protection sub -committee of the Senate passed an amendment last Thursday to the Waste Manacj'Pnent Act to stop the landfill siting process and to eliminate all the sites. This amendment, along with other amendments to the Waste Management Act will be considered in full -committee on Friday. A similar amendment is in existence in the House, but REAPP is not sure what it states. REAPP is submitting a resolution to Washington County requesting that they pass this asking that the siting process be done. This particular amendment repeals those sections of the original Waste Management Act which deal with the requirements of the Met Council to have an inventory of sites, deal with the original County siting process and deal with the requirement that the County go through an Environmental Impact Statement on all the sites. REAPP had sent a letter to all the caucus convenors in Washington County requesting them to pass resolutions stating that the landfill should not be put in the park. Steve Keefe attended the REAPP meeting on Sunday where he stated as far as the Metro Council is concerned land use is a more important consideration than an environmental concern for location of a landfill. Todd added that he hoped Keefe was saying that the PCA is supposed to look out for the environmental concerns first and if they say that this site might be permittable, then the Metro Council would apply its land use criteria. Todd stated that REAPP fully supports the City Recycling Program and complimented Mary Kueffner, Bruce Dunn and the City Council for proceeding with this program. In regard to not receiving Chuck Dayton's report on legal alternatives, Todd expressed disappointment in the City Attorney not following the City Council's direction. Councilman Johnson read from the Council minutes that City Attorney Knaak was to meet with Chuck Dayton and he would like to ,see this item put on the next Council agenda as an update. M/S/P Johnson/Moe - to direct the City Attorney to speak at the March 15th Council meeting on the matter of what legal course of action the City should be taking at this time and the possibillty on winning of such action. (Motion carried 4-0). A. Correspondence from City of Corcoran The City received a letter from Bob Derus, City Clerk/Administrator from Corcoran, Minnesota soliciting help in his efforts to terminate the Sanitary Landfill process. Dan Novak felt R.E.A.P.P. was responding to the request by testifying in support of the Dahl amendment. 7. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT