HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 90-72 - Opposing Expansion of the Flying Cloud Landfill - 03/13/1990 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 90-7 2
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE
EXPANSION OF THE FLYING CLOUD LANDFILL
WHEREAS, Woodlake Sanitary Service, Inc., a subsidiary of BFI Waste
Systems, has applied to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for a permit to
expand the Flying Cloud Landfill in Eden Prairie by adding approximately 5,000
acre feet of waste to the existing, contaminated waste deposits, and
WHEREAS, the City has retained experts in toxicology and related sciences
who have warned that such expansion may lead to a public health hazard for the
approximately 900 persons living between 750 to 2,000 feet from the proposed
expansion limits, and
WHEREAS, the present landfill which was proposed to be closed permanently
in 1982 has caused contamination of the groundwater, escape of methane gas,
noise, odor and dust problems for nearby residents, and
WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration has recently indicated its
opposition to the expansion due to adverse impacts on the nearby Flying Cloud
Airport, and
WHEREAS, the expansion would occur on sandy, porous soils which do not
provide the natural safeguards needed to protect against the escape of
• contaminants to the groundwater, adjacent residences, and the Minnesota Valley
Wildlife refuge and the Minnesota River, and
WHEREAS, for these and other reasons, the proposed expansion represents a
serious threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents and
environment of the City of Eden Prairie.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the City of Eden Prairie remains unalterably opposed to
any expansion of the Flying Cloud Landfill ;
2. That copies of this resolution be directed to other city councils
requesting their understanding and political support of our
efforts to defeat this unthinkable intrusion into a fully developed
residential neighborhood.
ADOPTED BY THE EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL THIS 13TH DAY OF MARCH, 1990.
Mayor ry D e r s o n
SEAL
1 'D. ne, City Clerk