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.wn�1 <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION .Re umber: 94-1072C <br /> STAFF REPORT gend <br /> Report Date: 2-1-94-. <br /> .;;.�1" Council Action: <br /> 0 Special Order of Business <br /> 0 <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE February 14, 1994 Public Hearings <br /> 0 Consent Agenda <br /> CZ Council Business <br /> Item Description: Consideration of Resolution No. 4503 Authorizing a Contribution to the Business <br /> Landfill Coalition <br /> Administrator's Review/Recommendation: <br /> - No comments to supplement this report <br /> - Comments attached. <br /> Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) <br /> SUMMARY; <br /> Since the Oak Grove Landfill settlement, the subject of contaminated <br /> landfills, clean-up activities and costs for those landfills has been the <br /> center of attention both for municipalities and businesses throughout the <br /> state of Minnesota. At a recent meeting of the Mounds View Business <br /> Association, Mr. Tom Snell from the Anoka Chamber of Commerce, reported <br /> that a coalition of businesses and cities from Anoka and western Ramsey <br /> County were forming a coalition to lobby for equity in the clean-up of the <br /> states contaminated landfills. The Business Association has contributed to <br /> the Business Landfill Coalition as has several individual Mounds View <br /> businesses. , <br /> At the February 7, 1994 Council Work Session, the Council reviewed the <br /> request for contribution and authorized staff to proceed with the necessary <br /> documentation for a contribution of $500. 00 <br /> The participation, by the City of Mounds View, in this effort is intended <br /> to send a supportive message to local businesses that the City is a partner <br /> with them in the lobbying effort for reform of Superfund legislation. It <br /> is important that the cities and the businesses work together to resolve <br /> a problem which can dramatically impact so many people. <br /> The attached : - - = -tion hasbeen prepared for Council approval. <br /> WAL-, (-/Q- A-`16"--)A-& <br /> Sama tha OrduS. , Cit Administrator <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Motion to waive the reading and adopt Resolution No. 4503 Authorizing a <br /> Contribution to the Business Landfill Coalition <br />