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Special Meeting Minutes of the Lake Elmo City Council June 23, 1995 Page 2 spending money and can start recovering some of the costs they have already incurred, that is believed to be the motivation of the Counties - to proceed with this as quickly as possible. PCA on the other hand would like to get the site to a point where they can occupy it and continue on with measures beyond what the counties have done, and from a timing stand point they have told the City they would like that beginning in August. Mayor John stated that if they don't get compliance by October 3, it goes into next fiscal year, and Washington County will have to meet the operational and maintenance costs of running the landfill for another year. Mayor John asked Mr. Filla, if it was correct that all PCA wants is access to begin capping the landfill? Mr. Filla stated he spoke with the attorney for the PCA about some alternatives, and explained that PCA wants access to the site; since the City has an interest in the property, it would have to consent to the access. An alternative could be an Access and Consent to Easement and Restriction Agreement as a document separate from the Landfill Clean -Up Agreement. This would be a document that would have the PCA and City of Lake Elmo as parties, and we would not become a party to the Landfill Clean -Up agreement. This maybe a possibility, and the PCA attorney will get back to him. Mr. Filla cautioned the City - it is critical that Washington County continue to have its incentive to talk to Lake Elmo, and if by entering into an Access and Consent to Easement and Restriction Agreement we facilitate the issuance of notice of compliance and a take over of the site by PCA, Mr. Filla believes the County will lose their incentive to continue dealing with us vigorously on these issues. Mr. Filla also discussed, with PCA's attorney, the possibility of finding a few more acres for expansion of the Public Works site, and possibly keeping the Compost Site open through the end of its season. Expanding the Public Works on this site did not look like a possibility, however, she will look into keeping the Compost Site open through the fall. Mr. Filla stated they also discussed dealing with the Fire Station issue in a timely manor. Mayor John asked the City Engineer to present a sketch of the public works site, and how it will be affected by this situation. City Engineer Larry Bohrer defined what uses the City has up at the Public Works now - how the site meets our present use and how it might not meet it in the future. Mr. Bohrer presented a map showing the existing masonry -earth shelter Public Works maintenance building, metal cold storage building, parking lot and driveway access, septic system (west side of parking area), piles of. street sweepings, top soil, seal -coat aggregate, natural and limestone gravels; outside storage which consists of culverts, large "V"- plow, etc., and a dirt road used to gain access to the park. This site, as we use it, is not fully usable because of the attributes that the site has, and that is why we chose it, for example the wooded area which screens the site from the road, the topography which allowed the building to be set into the hill a little bit, a fairly steep slope on the north side. The red area is the area that the County proposes to leave the City with - approximately 300 x 600, or 3.9 acres that we would be left with. The problem is that we would have to consolidate what's used outside - inside the red circle. There might be room, but we would have to occupy "this" space which serves a function - a screening function. It looks like the park road access would no longer be available to us - we would have to find another way to get to the very east side. The driveway is not usable - that would have to be re -located, and it sounds like they might not even allow an expansion of the building even on the 3.9 acres left.