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RECYCLING UPDATE <br /> • Designation Ordinance ruled unconstitutional. As a result of a Federal District Court <br /> ruling, Ramsey County will no longer enforce its Designation ordinance against any waste <br /> generated in the County, regardless of whether it is ultimately disposed of in our out of <br /> Minnesota. Therefore, the County is no longer able to enforce where licensed collectors <br /> and transporters dispose of their waste. Thus far, deliveries have not changed. This ruling <br /> has no direct impact on Mounds View since the City does not have organized collection. <br /> SCORE <br /> • Annual tonnage reports were submitted to the County mid-January. The reports indicate <br /> the recycling rate for Ramsey County is 48-49%, which is approximately 4% higher than <br /> the previous year. Starting in 1989, every other Ramsey County administers a resident <br /> recycling survey to measure waste management behavior over time. Results of the 1995 <br /> survey indicate recycling participation has not significantly differed from the previous <br /> surveys although there has been an increase in those with workplace recycling, from 60% <br /> reporting to a program in 1991 to 80% in 1995. <br /> TUG <br /> • Dawn and I attended a TUG Meeting, Thursday, April 11, 1996 at the City of Plymouth. <br /> Desyl Peterson, Minnetonka City Attorney, discussed the Minnesota Government Data <br /> Practices Act (MGDPA). By the nature of its complexity and scope, the Act imposes a <br /> wide variety of administrative activities on agencies. Desyl summarized general activities <br /> which will place an agency in a position of minimum compliance. Further information <br /> regarding policies and procedures for compliance will be provided to City's within the <br /> next month. <br /> Lynnette <br /> PARKS, RECREATION AND FORESTRY <br /> PARKS: <br /> • Arrangements have been made for the use of a grader to level ballfields. Aggregate has <br /> been applied to many fields that needed replenishment. The wind removes the material and <br /> it must be restored occasionally. Fields will be leveled and dragged for the onslaught of <br /> field users that will begin this week and next week. April 22 is the first day that permits will <br />