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City Council Minutes Page 5 <br /> May 6,2013 <br /> 8.2 Authorization to Initiate Rezoning for Yale Street Area <br /> This item was removed from the agenda. <br /> 8.3 Elk River Landfill Compliance Boundary and MPCA Permit <br /> Ms. Haug presented the staff report for this item. <br /> Mayor Dietz questioned if the 1992 Agreement allows the Elk River Landfill to utilize the <br /> city trail property for the compliance boundary. <br /> Attorney Beck stated the agreement doesn't grant an easement for the compliance boundary. <br /> He further stated it only grants a license for the landfill to come onto city property in order <br /> to move equipment and put in monitoring wells. <br /> Councilmember Westgaard stated he would consider a Council-signed letter to the MPCA <br /> expressing their concerns and he might be able to attend the hearing if knows the schedule. <br /> He further suggested to continue monitoring what is going on with the waste. <br /> Council consensus was to send a letter to the MPCA expressing the city's concerns <br /> Mayor Dietz suggested contacting area citizens to inform them of the situation and to give <br /> them an opportunity to speak at the MPCA hearing. <br /> Councilmember Motin questioned if there would be a responsibility to the landfill to restore <br /> the area depending on the type of remediation work needed. <br /> Ms. Haug stated this is a staff concern and that it may be a situation where the trail can't be <br /> restored and would be inaccessible.She stated there are other concerns regarding prolonged <br /> contamination. <br /> 8.4 Discuss Worksession Agendas <br /> Mr. Portner presented the staff report. He noted quiet zones would be moved to the May <br /> 20 meeting but the SAC/WAC discussion would be added to the May 13 worksession. <br /> 9. Announcements <br /> There were no announcements. <br /> The Council recessed at 7:43 p.m.in order to go into worksession. <br /> The Council reconvened at 7:53 p.m. <br /> 10.1 Casey s Concept Review <br /> Mr.Barnhart presented the staff report. He reviewed the access points and the shared access <br /> with Crossing Church. <br /> Mayor Dietz questioned police concerns with this location. <br />