HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 86-64 - Regarding the Reuter, Inc. DRDF Resource Recovery Facility - to Met Council - RESOLUTION NO. 86-64
A RESOLUTION DIRECTED TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
REGARDING THE REUTER, INC. dROF RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie has been made aware of Metropolitan
Council Resolution No. 86-18 which approves issuance of a Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency permit to construct and operate a proposed densified refuse-
derived fuel processing plant on a proposed site in Eden Prairie, under
certain conditions, one of which relating to source separated materials is
unacceptable to Reuter, Inc. , and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie believes that the Reuter, Inc. proposal
appears to be a viable alternative to mass burning and therefore will provide
for an element of healthy competition in this industry, and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie also believes that the Reuter, Inc.
proposal provides a viable alternative to curbside recycling programs, many of
which now seem to be faltering, and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie supports all efforts to encourage
recycling so as to conserve natural resources and thus reduce our reliance on
sanitary landfills, and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie believes that local communities should
have the opportunity to explore various ways of achieving recycling and to
implement the type of program most suitable to their particular community,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL as
follows:
1. The City respectfully recommends that the Metropolitan
Council reconsider its prior action on March 27 under
Resolution No . 86-18, so as to allow the Reuter-, Inc.
proposal to have a reasonable opportunity for success .
2. That the Metropolitan Council direct its staff to work
with Reuter, Inc. and the affected municipalities to
arrive at a mutually agreeable solution that would allow
some extent of drop-off site repositories and curbside
collection programs for recycling, but with certain
limitations which would allow the Reuter, Inc. proposal to
still be viable.
ADOPTED by the EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL this 1st day of April , 1986.
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ATTEST:
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