HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 11-14 Maplewood Planner to Fight Refuse Transfer Station DISPATCH Maplewood Planner -to Fight
Refuse Transfer Station
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• A two-year quest of ,wood landfill, South of would have to be sur- approved sanitary land-
Century Disposal Sys- .the Chicago & North- . faced, he explained, with fill.
tems Inc. to establish a western railway tracks the cost being a village- Kueffner proposes ini-
refuse transfer dumping and west of Century Ave- wide obligation. . . tially to operate the
station in Maplewood nue — as unsuitable for • Century Disposal transfer station Wednes-
will be opposed tonight ••a refuse station. 'spokesmen Roger Kueff- days and Saturdays from
'by Village Planner Bai- I n s t e a d, the land ner and Lowell Vander- 9 a.m.to 6 p.m.
le Seida. should be used for resi- hoff are expected to at- -
Apublic hearing on the dential homes, possibly tend the hearing to argue But as public demand
proposal starts at 8 p.m. townhouses, he said, in • ;their case. increases, he reported,
at the Village Hall, 1380 conformance with the ' • Kueffner, at previous the station would be open.
Frost Ave. village's interim land . 'meetings of the Village 'six days weekly.
"Despite the social ne- ,use plan. • Council, has suggested Century Disposal sub-
cessity of a . refuse ' Seida warned that pub- 'that the transfer station mitted its original re-
t r a n s f e r station . . . lie water isn't available can serve a 17 square quest for transfer station
there also goes the pub- at the site, even though mile area, including por- approval in February
lie responsibility to see it would be necessary for • :tions of St. Paul, Maple- 1971.
that any proposed site adequate fire protection wood, North St. Paul, But action has been de-
meets the local corn- and for maintenance of .Oakdale and Landfall. layed by the Village
munity's plan of develop- • the dumping area. - He'said citizens could Council for a variety of
ment," Seida advised in . Construction of ade- dispose of refuse there-- reasons, including a lack
a memo to Village Man- quate streets also would at a still undetermined of detailed information
ager Michael Miller. be an issue,he said. .charge. and a moratorium on
He described the pro- Gravel roads that ex- • Then Century Disposal new developments while
posed half-acre site — tend to the site for more - .would haul the refuse the community's master
east of the closed Maple- i t h a n a quarter-mile away, presumably to an plan was in preparation.