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I potential costs of taking corrective measures with the understanding 2 that those costs should be shared by all affected parties including 04 Columbia Heights, New Brighton, the Salvation Army and the residents who live on the lake. 5 Councilmember,Marks commented that he had recently talked to a person 6 who had an early history of involvement with the lake and believed there 7 might possibly be many undocumented hook-ups to the lake, citing as an 8 example, the drain tiles which Columbia Heights used to drain swampy 9 land near the lake for which initially there had been no drawings made. 10 Recycling Discussions Continued 11 Councilmember Ranallo reported having received a notice from his garbage 12 hauler, Woodlake Sanitary, that they were raising their rates to $34.00 13 every two months and would be giving discounts to customers who use only 14 the one barrel the firm would now be providing its customers. He said 15 the letter also urged recycling all possible materials, warning that 16 because of increased costs for haulers to put garbage in landfills or 17 to have it incinerated, future rate increases were imminent. 18 Councilmember Enrooth commented that he now had some reservations about 19 proceeding with the proposed "Garbage Ordinance" for St. Anthony unless 20 there is some immediate resolution of the newsprint disposal problem 21 and glass disposal, which is rapidly becoming another problem. 22 Councilmember Marks said he perceived industries like dairies could probably go back to using returnable containers which had worked very X14 well in the past and he indicated he continued to believe that bringing 25 pressure on the retail market was the best way of getting more 26 acceptable packaging. He said he also remained convinced that by 27 passing ordinances against plastics, small communities like St. Anthony 28 could influence the state and federal government to give more serious 29 attention to eliminating nonrecyclable or nonreturnable plastics or 30 requiring further research into reusable packaging. 31 Mayor Sundland reiterated his concerns that the Council might only be 32 forcing its three supermarkets out of business with the proposed food 33 packaging ordinance. He said the retail merchants association had 34. indicated to him that they were already looking into the legal aspects 35 of those regulations. 36 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES 37 Brief discussions related to the Police Department reports preceded the 38 orders to file the following reports in the agenda packet: 39 -April 20th report from the Hance & LeVahn law firm on cases the City 40 prosecutors have handled in Hennepin County District Court up to and 41 including April 19, 1989. 9