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Resolution <br />Board of <br />Ramsey County Commissioners <br />Presented By: Commissioner Reinhardt Date: January 24 2012 No. 2012-031 <br />Attention: Public Health <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />WHEREAS, Ramsey County operates a yard waste management system, which <br />includes seven sites for the collection of yard waste from Ramsey County residents; and <br />WHEREAS, Yard Waste Policy #4 in the Regional/Rarnsey County Solid Waste <br />Master Plan states, "Ramsey County will not allow residents of other counties or allow <br />commercial yard waste haulers/collectors, lawn services, or tree services to use County <br />yard waste sites"; and <br />WHEREAS, A portion of the City of Saint Anthony is within Ramsey County, and <br />City residents within that area may use the County's yard waste sites, but those City <br />residents not in Ramsey County are not allowed to use the County's yard waste sites; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, The City of Saint Anthony would like to provide additional yard waste <br />management opportunities to all of its residents, whether they reside in Ramsey County <br />or Hennepin County; and <br />WHEREAS, Ramsey County is willing to make yard waste services available to <br />the City of Saint Anthony for a reasonable cost, and provide an exception to Yard Waste <br />Policy #4 to address the practical difficulties of providing yard waste services for <br />residents of the City because this City has significant population in two counties; and <br />WHEREAS, The City of Saint Anthony and Ramsey County have determined that <br />the amount of SCORE funds allocated to the City on an annual basis approximates the <br />cost of Ramsey County providing the City of Saint Anthony residents that reside in <br />Hennepin County with yard waste services; Now, Therefore, Be It <br />Ramsey County Board of Commissioners <br />Tony Bennett <br />Toni Carter <br />Jim McDonough <br />Jan Parker <br />Victoria Reinhardt <br />Janice Rettman <br />Rafael Ortega <br />Rafael E. Ortega, Chair <br />By: - — <br />BOKhre C. Jackelen <br />Chief Clerk - County Board <br />15 <br />