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. REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION 'on: 9_B ill .��` Report.Number. 94-1 1 2911 s�.,. Report/Date: 4- 1-94 fr ., Councl Action: 0 Special Order of Business CTTY COUNCIL MEETING DATE April 25, 1994 0 Public Hearings 0 Consent Agenda Z Council Business Item Description: Consideration of Resolution No. 4550 Regarding that Ramsey County Close the Ardan Park Compost Facility Administrator's ReviewiRecommendation: - No comments to supplement this report • - Comments attached. Explanation/Summar/ (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) 5.171 M 4RY; At the April Council Work Session, the Parks and Recreation Commission presented their Commission Goals and Work Plan. One of the goals of the Plan was to develop Ardan Park into a community park with playground equipment and recreational amenities. It was the request of the Commission that the compost site be removed from the park to facilitate plans to turn the area into a functional park. Prior to the Commission's request, the. Council had discussed the possibility of moving the compost site to another location in Mounds View. A site near the new golf . cpurse was discussed with Ramsey County ' Commissioner Dick Wedell and other County officials. • The discussions regarding the placement of the compost site were prompted by on-going complaints from area residents regarding the offensive odors emanating from the compost site. The City also had concerns about the site due to the increasing amount of illegal dumping taking place on the site. In 1993 , the City incurred over $6, 000 in clean-up costs due to illegal dumping in City parks and open spaces - $4, 000 of those costs were paid to clean up just the Ardan Park site. The problem of illegal dumping of non compost materials is getting worse and the costs escalating. In the last issue of the City .newsletter, Mounds View Matters, Ramsey County funded a postcard survey. The purpose was .to gauge the reactions of Mounds View residents to the possibility of the compost site being moved to another site in Mounds View or closed and other Ramsey County compost sites remaining available for use by Mounds View residents. The results of the survey (attached) were discussed at the April Work Session as well as e County's determination that the property near the golf course .. dr ,te.-,,,..0L___. Samantha • duno, Ci . Administrator RECOMM NDATION: Staff doe not have recommendation on this matter, but awaits further Council dii'er.tio he attached resolution has been prepared in response to option number one, closing of the compost site.