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. . . 2 Planning Commission Minutes May 7, 1986 Marlene Hinges asked why the meeting was never advertised in the paper? Steve Rohlf, the Building & Zoning Administrator, indicated that it had been. but due to the legal requirement of being in the paper ten days prior to the meeting it was not in the latest addition of the Elk River paper. but in an earlier one. Mr. Davis felt the site plan should have been the last thing done and that Elk River should have decided whether they wanted the plan first before they looked at the site plan. The Building and Zoning Administrator indicated that when the public hearing is held to discuss the conversional issues traffic, pollution, etc. that they did not want that meeting bogged down with details such as "How many trees they were going to plant on the site if approved." Leslie Davis also wanted to know why it was not on the front page of the Elk River newspaper that there was going to be a meeting. Mr. Ron Myher asked why everybody was not notified by mail, meaning everyone in Elk River. Chairman Tralle indicated that would be an impossibility and the legal requirments are not there for such an action. Mr. Myher also stated that he was worried that the waste water from washing down the facilities would go through the drainfield on site. The Building and Zoning Administrator indicated that there would be a holding tank for any water generated by the plant that had a possibility of being toxic and that water would be pumped and brought to a treatment plant. Mr. Dennie involved would be Carlson stated that he felt a time table listing the meetings with the RDF and what was going to be decided at those meetings a good idea to have such a, time table in the local paper. Mr. Norn Schifer1 of Anoka County spoke to the criteria of why Elk River was picked as the site for the RDF plant. Mr. Schiferl indicated that they wanted an location near to UPA the burning plant,. They also looked at existing land use capability. access was another one of the criterias for picking the site. Another criteria was whether the land was for sale or not and also whether the site was buildable. Also they wanted it located centrally around the larger uses of garage. The Planning Commission property. They stated provide for stacking plant. then discussed the ingress and egress of the that they preferred to see the main gate open to of trucks off of 165th and on the site of the RDF Representatives hauling hours. discussed and to the site from NSP indicated that the gate would be opened during The four lane improvement of 165th to the main gate was it was agreed that it was appropriate for traffic movement so that it doesn't become a problem with local traffic. . Mr. Speck indicated that the NSP site plan map did not show that he owned the land to the south of 165th and that it should be corrected.