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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 1, 1994 4 and with depleting resources, recycling concrete or asphalt is needed to keep costs down said Voss, who has drafted the revision to the zoning ordinance. Councilman Mottaz stated in Lake Elmo we pride ourselves in recycling and thought the proposed ordinance to permit recycling as an overlay to an existing mining operation was appropriate. Council member Conlin stated the city does not have the resources to enforce this ordinance and there are too many holes in it. The Hammes CUP was out of compliance and this is their effort to put them in compliance. She felt the city should be consistent because there are circumstances with other ordinances where we have stuck to the rules. She could not support this proposed concept which she considers a transfer station. She would like the PZ to look at other ordinances relating to recycling besides this one presented to them in their investigation. Council member Johnston felt the citizens had the right to take action to take care of the city's concerns. M/S/P Mottaz/Johnson - upon receipt of an application, the Planning Commission will be directed to hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance to permit recycling as an overlay to an existing mining operation. (Motion passed 4-1:Conlin: The motion was unnecessary that what we are looking at was a concept and she does not approve of the concept. ) B. Negotiations with Oakdale Mayor John explained the mayor and city administrator of Oakdale need a response from council if it would support a proposal for exchanging the land north of 4th Street that is Mn/DOT property and part of the Oakdale golf course (current proposal for golf course is outside the MUSA) for all properties south of 4th Street and east of the western boundary of the Mn/DOT property to be in Lake Elmo. This land which lies outside the MUSA stays in Oakdale provided we can pick up MUSA land in Lake Elmo. Alternatively, we can look at all land east of Ideal and south of 4th Street. The advantage to this is that Ideal Avenue forms a straight line demarcation between the cities so that we do not run into demarcation disputes on curved boundaries that are difficult to survey. Attorney Filla indicated if we can service directly or indirectly a larger area then it becomes more economical for the city to initiate the project. We could have a temporary agreement with Oakdale that they would provide sewer service because we would own the sewer lines and we would take them over in the future and also serve the properties on the east side of Cty. Rd 13 which depends upon enlargement of the downstream interceptor. There is a way to provide sewer facilities to those residents, but it would probably mean that the city would have to front end some of the costs until we could extend the sewer to the east.