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<br /> November 10, 1983 1
<br /> WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 473.803 require the adoption of a sanitary
<br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE landfill abatement plan; and
<br /> 1 WHEREAS, Hennepin County adopted, by Resolution 83-6-485, a resource
<br /> The Public Service Committee of the Hennepin County Board ; recovery concept plan, Identifying a 2000 ton-per-day resource recovery plant as
<br /> of Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 7 a major component of that plan; and
<br /> p g p.m. Dtonday.
<br /> WHEREAS, the City/County Siting Committee, after analyzing various sites for
<br /> Nov. 28, to take testimony from the public and county staff a resource recovery plant for approximately one year, looking at such criteria as
<br /> access, cost. pollutlon control, emissions, environmental factors, soil
<br /> regarding the selection and purchase of the West Riverbank site suitability and proximity to energy markets. recommended use of the West
<br /> Riverbank Slte;.and
<br /> in north Minneapolis for a resource-recovery facility.
<br /> WHEREAS. It Is necessary for the timely progress of the resource recovery
<br /> The hearing will be in the County Board room on the 24th project to designate a site and acquire It; and
<br /> floor of the Government Center, 300 S. 6th St., Minneapolis. WHEREAS. the County Board has authorized negotiation for the purchase of the
<br /> West Riverbank Site, by Resolution 83-6-382 on June 7, 1983; and
<br /> The West Riverbank site, which is approximately 17 acres
<br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 83-6-485, adopted June 29, 1983: the County
<br /> in size, is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River # and Its consultants developed engineering, land use and environmental Information
<br /> for two alternate sites known as the Pacific and Plymouth Avenue Sites, In a
<br /> between 33rd Avenue N. and 36th Avenue N. manner similar to that developed for sites considered In the City/County siting
<br /> process; and
<br /> The County Board has approved as a concept the construction 1
<br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 83-8-587 and 83-8-623. Hennepin County
<br /> of an up to 2,000-ton-per-day resource-recovery facility, i retained a consultant experienced In industrial and commercial real estate, to
<br /> develop an estimate of costs associated with purchase or condemnation and
<br /> utilizing the West Riverbank site. A task force of County Board f relocation, and the willingness of various owners to sell within the Pacific and
<br /> Plymouth Avenue Sites (the Pelton Report); and
<br /> members and Minneapolis City Council members analyzed several sites
<br /> WHEREAS, the Pelton report estimates that the Plymouth Site and the Pacific
<br /> for a resource-recovery plant for about one year and recommended Site would cost $10.155,400 and $20,640.625 respectively; and
<br /> use of the West Riverbank site. Criteria reviewed included WHEREAS. It Is anticipated that the West Riverbank site can be acquired for
<br /> substantially less cost than the Pacific or Plymouth sites; and
<br /> cost, accessibility, soil suitability, access to markets; and
<br /> WHEREAS, prior studies of the Pacific and Plymouth Avenue Sites indicate the
<br /> emissions and other environmental factors. existence of hazardous wastes on at least a portion of the Plymouth Avenue Site;
<br /> and
<br /> The County Board in June 1983 authorized county staff to
<br /> WHEREAS, staff of the City and County have been negotiating the purchase of
<br /> negotiate with the City of Minneapolis for the purchase of the the West Riverbank site, pursuant to Resolution 83-6-382. and such negotiations
<br /> r have been based In part on work performed by soils consultants, appraisers, and
<br /> West Riverbank site. other specialists;
<br /> Hennepin County is considering two technologies for a BE IT RESOLVED, the Public Service Committee of the Hennepin County Board of
<br /> large-scale resource-recovery project -- mass burn and refuse November
<br /> Commissioners28, shall hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. until adjournment Ce Monday,
<br /> November 28, 1983 in the Board room of the Hennepin County Government Center to
<br /> take testimony from the public and Hennepin County staff regarding the selection
<br /> derived fuel (RDF). in a mass-burn system, unprocessed solid and purchase of the West Riverbank site for a resource recovery facility.
<br /> waste would be burned in a combustion facility to produce steam
<br /> or electricity. In an RDF system, solid waste would be processed �{
<br /> into a fuel before being burned. '•
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