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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 16, 1990 PAGE 7 M/S/P Graves/Williams - to direct the City Engineer to review these MPCA rules relating to water quality being revised by the MPCA to determine if there is opportunity to modify the language or any of the definitions to include that existing or proposed landfills can be covered, by these new regulations. (Motion carried 5-0). F. Update of the Appeal to the EPA On January 11, 1990 Mr. Sherkenbach notified the Mayor that he had reviewed the file and saw no reason to change his denial. He also told the Mayor that the city could talk to the commissioner again or to the citizens board. Mr. Sherkenbach told Larry Bohrer that he didn't know what affect that might have because what we are dealing with is federal regulations that have been delegated to the state to enforce, and he didn't know how much input the state citizens board would have on these federal regulations. He would like to talk about all the issues at once; such as, whether the cost for the land and the legal fees and engineering fees that were necessary because of the land value appeal, would they be considered eligible for the grant. Bohrer added, Mr. Sherkenbach offered to rescind his December 7th denial so we can include all issues at one time. After conferring with the Mayor, Bohrer told Mr. Sherkenbach that the City would accept his offer to rescind the denial as long as the next step is a (face-to-face) meeting so we can define what they consider issues. Bohrer should receive a letter this week from Mr. Sherkenbach rescinding his December 7th denial. No date has been set for this meeting. 8. PLANNING/LAND USE/AND ZONING: A. Conditional Use Permits Review Building Official, Jim McNamara, provided the Council a Conditional Use Permit Review. (See letter from Jim McNamara to Council dated January 11, 1990.) Councilman Williams asked Dr. Swanson, if when the crematorium is relocated to the new building, he anticipates increasing its size or capacity in any way. Dr. Swanson responded he would be increasing the capacity, although it is not absolute because of projection for volume needs. The proposal would be to improve on the building when it was built, such as, physical construction and chimney stack emission control under any new MPCA requirements. Swanson acknowledged this proposal would come back before the Council. In regard to the boarding space for the Animal Inn, Don Tauer stated now he is limited to 117 dogs in the kennel at any time. He understood he would have to come back to the Council to request expansion to 200 animals. Jim McNamara indicated that Charles Anderson of the Animal Inn Training School is considering to add on to his building because he needs more room for the number of dogs per class.