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Page 5 City Council Minutes January 4, 1988 e --------------------- Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW), and is further requesting that Council delay any action until the results of the EAW are made public. Total cost of the two proposed facilities will be $3,000,000. Mr. Val Carver, Engineer for Atlas, explained that the purpose of the facility is primarily for 1) the development of Atlas's equipment; 2) test and incinerate waste for applicability of the equipment; and 3) contract burning of waste. He indicated Atlas will design the equipment to meet stricter requirements than are necessary. Both incinerators are designed as "State of the Art" equipment and both will have scrubbers. Mr. Carver then proceeded to explain what will be burned, giving the percentage of each item. He indicated they will be burning 3,000 pounds per hour, 24 hours per day. John Klovning of Cedar Corporation, the City's Solid Waste Consultant, gave a summary of his recommendations for Atlas. Mr. Klovning's summary is stated in his memo to Steve Rohlf dated December 24, 1987. Steve Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator, briefly reviewed his recommendations to the City Council as stated in his memo to the Mayor and City Council dated December 23, 1987. e Duane Kropuenske, Planning Commission Representative, stated that the Planning Commission reviewed the Atlas Request at their December meeting for 3 1/2 hours. He indicated the City Attorney and Solid Waste Consultant were present at the meeting. The Planning Commission were assured that Atlas was within the guidelines and standards set forth in the solid waste ordinance. The Planning Commission made a motion to recommend approval of the Conditional Use Permit for 150 pounds per hour test burn and up to 1,500 pounds per hour contract burn with certain conditions set forth by the Planning Commission on a vote of 4-2 with Commissoners Temple and Kimball voting against the request. Mr. Kropuenske read the conditions set by the Planning Commission at this time as listed in the 12/15/87 Planning Commission minutes. Peter Kimball, Planning Commission Representative, stated he cast a negative vote to the Atlas request at the Planning Commission meeting for the following reasons: it would set a bad precedent in the City; approval would place the City Council in the situation of not being able to deny similar industries in the City; it would be in a very sensitive area of the City, being close to the schools. He further stated there was a need for an informational meeting prior to the Planning Commission or City Council meeting because there was too little knowledge available about the subject and the City was moving too fast with this situation. Greg Korstad, City Attorney, commented on the City's obligations regarding action on the Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit and the Solid Lic ense. e