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I Copies of the February 27th letter from the Ramsey County Community Human Services Department asking whether the Council had such an interest had been provided in the Council agenda packet. Councilmember 4 Marks indicated he certainly thought the Councilmembers should have an 5 opportunity to learn more about the proposed changes in the community 6 placement of group homes and to be able to provide City input to the 7 legislation. Councilmember Makowske who had reported previously on the 8 issue, commented that in its role of St. Anthony Human Rights 9 Commission, the Council seemed to be the logical body to receive the 10 presentation. 11 No VanderHeyden Again Praised for "Rxcellent" Refuse Licensing 12 Ordinance 13 The City Manager agreed with the above statement by Councilinember 14 Makowske indicating he expected the final document might be used as a 15 model for similar ordinances in other municipalities. 16 Various aspects of the March 3rd preliminary draft of the ordinance were 17 discussed with Councilmember Enrooth, who had served as the Council's 18 liaison on the Recycling Task Force, whose criteria had been established 19 in the ordinance. 20 The Councilmember explained that Subdivision 2 of Section A on Page 2 21 would license the collection of aluminum in the City, which, because of 22 its lucrative resale value, had even led some persons to tear the aluminum right off the sides of buildings to sell. 24 Ordinance to Address Yard Waste Hauling by Truck Farmers 25 Ms. VanderHeyden pointed out that the truck farmer who has been 26 collecting grass clippings from several residents including 27 Councilmembers could continue to do that without a license from the City 28 as long as they had an "account relationship" with the property owners 29 and complied with the ordinance requirements for hauling contained in 30 Subdivision 4. Mr. Childs suggested the City might want to issue a 31 license to such persons which would require them to keep the City 32 apprised of the weight of the clippings they hauled away and assure that 33 there would be no leakage from the vehicles used to do the hauling, 34 which was pretty well covered in the ordinance. There would also be an 35 attempt to coordinate these pickups with the recylcable collections on 36 Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It was also recognized that in 1990 state law 37 would prevent yard waste from being disposed of in landfills. 38 Mr. Childs said he would give the ordinance to the City Attorney for 39 review as soon as possible. He commented that he expected only refuse 40 haulers to have questions after the document is published and then only 41 because the ordinance calls for some changes in what they are doing now. 42 The City Manager continued that he didn't believe there was anything in 43 the proposed ordinance which would prevent any of them from "doing • 9