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Home My WebLink About8.a. MPCA/Koch Refining Task Force Appointment CITY OF ROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUNIlVIARY FOR ACTION CITY COUNCII,MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 5, 1995 AGENDA ITEM: MI'CA/KOCH REFINING TASK FORCE AGENDA SECTION: NEW BUSINESS PREPARED BY: THOMAS D. BURT AGENDA��EM � g I� CITY ADMINISTRATOR ATTACffiYIENTS: NONE APPROVED BY: Mayor McMenomy has asked that a member of the City Council or Councilmember-elect Carroll consider taking over his position on the MPCA/Koch Refining Task Force. The purpose of this committee is to design and . review research activities to determine whether Koch Refinery is a health risk to neighboring communities. An elected official typically serves on this committee. Please consider serving on this committee. RECOMMENDED ACTION: MOTION TO APPOINT TO - REPRESENT TI�CITY OF ROSEMOUNT ON T'HE MPCA/KOCH REFINING TASK FORCE s . �USC UOC C811.•..RCId��nc'��,,,-h�._Say�' ., u..,..r:a�r.t.,ti't;�;C.+wi 4a uL w�a�� , ,, .: ..,... .�, .. ..,, :�sn.:�..�:.�.,+�,,..�„ „.. ,:w„�..�.�.•.+te^.sYk,ntx...,...,».aw "was from a lad offerin me a Sygulla says of the band. But how bird s leg to coding that breeders content as any bird rescued from f » y g use. It might.seem a long shot, but the street. S cage. Cheepers would have escaped Hanson doesn't seem deterred. Chee ers How a bird the size of Cheepers from the store, considering such p , Sygulla says, is wel- t found itself on the street two days birds sell for as much as $90, is And he doesn't think Cheepers come to live in his townhouse as s before Thanksgiving remains a anyone's guess. was abandoned, just th�t the bird long as it wishes. ' � mystery to Sygulla. Cheepers isn't Wade Hanson humane qfficer :got a little lost. After he landed on my shoul- C talking. for the count 's'Humane Soc'et « der, I really started to like him," I Y � Y+ They usually escape from their Sygulla says. "I guess you could � It simply hovers around the appears ready to solve the mys- house," he explains. ,"In fact, I, _probably say we've'bonded a little d �iy house, sometimes lighting on Sy- tery. don't think I've ever seen an aban- bit." �✓� , . c. . ` , : �(UY�"_"S � . � � • � /��/ Three sites to be studled for ' truck-traln ter�rr.u.nal 2�2 � DON AHERN STAFF WRITER lIl(IUSCCy. . • � Residents criticize existing fa < : ; cilities in the inner cities; espe C( N o i s y THREE cially the Burlington Northern �"'n, f"� railroad } ' , �y ` i� . , ° � ��/ � SITES hub operation at Snelling Avenue ,' Three potential �� :' ,� � �� '��*�-��Y.�� F�p��,� ,. D ` `P i,b 8 Y- and Pierce Butler Route in St �';fi � �`� ' �� the sites have been , � k a �� f back oper- Proposed study Paul, for the noise they cause — � ' identified for a �� ba�� . for ations in St. sites a�e west �� 94 Current sites �a �"s �� , �� ' m u c h o f i t a t n i g h t — a n d t h e t- r a i l r o a d ��; � � x� � 3� n i g l Paul's Mid- a�d southwest o.f constant streacn of trucks near � "piggyback" �� - � �� 'k� lem, way and the Koch their neighborhoods. �; loading operation �; �' � ' � �� `� qq �� "' equ> the Como Retiriery in '�We would like to see them to re lace sites in ��MP� � �� " �;'�'��" T Avenue ar- Rosemount and � » p a� , $�T PQ�� b �� > move said Michael Si rin St. Paul and z � � �_� of tl ea in Min- near the old 3M . chairman of a subcommittee of �� '��`�� t �`�� '��"�� Q"�� v vide n e a p o 1 i s Chemolite plant St." Paul's District 11 Hamline Minneapolis.At ?3 <� �� 35E �� _ �_�,� , stab- could be �n Cottage Midway Coalition. : t his point,the ` qgq : W h� 3� '�� Inte: h e a d i n Grove. , - sites are merely �,� r�, �p��_�� Che �li��' This g While that group and neighbors x� �� f �� z� •; � �; s o u t h t o S t. in Minneapo lis prodded the rail � stud y areas to � 3 5 W ��, g �,� �,;{��f�h�� ;�F �, wer� Paul suburbs. roads' search for new sites, lack allow planners to �� ; � x �� x� ��,� sites. Two areas near the Koch Re- of expansion space in the inner � P�ot civic ��>v�� ' �� 55 ��;, In f i n e ry in Rosemoun t an d one cities is a driving force for the d e v e l o p men t ,,<�_ , �a;� ks <: � �r� ,� � dayi next to 3M's old Chemolite plant ` companies. And the neighbors ; , :��R� �� W�,�; Study sites �� s�� mme in Cottage Grove will be studied hate taken advantage 'of that `V `• x'•` `' "`� • `<"'`k � ,. ` ` ' °�' „' �''� ,, � „ • , S W.<�° � �,° . .�'�' cordi for a new truck-train intermodal fact,blocking special use permits ' ' PioNEER PREs.s Denn shipping terminal that may be that would allow expansion. ' Bu used by several railroads. The three sites are the last of because of their remoteness. A tract hundreds of trucks daily on porte Intermodal terminals are rail 18 ossible Twin Cities locations terminal could be a'big tax-base nearby roads, a possibility that techn sites where truck trailers from a considered. A relocated terminal boon to the community in which has soured.some views in Cottage a pie� variety of shippers are loaded on- would probably cover about,165 , it locates. But it also would .at- Grove. digit�, to and unloaded 'from railroad • acres and would cost at least � � to otw. cars for long-range shipping. . �150'million:for on-site develop- ", , � It v Each of the proposed sites is ment. Off-site development could SUBURBS BRIEFING ' techn relatively remote from residea- add many millions o.f dollars ` � ' - M�N� tial areas and is either near �x- `more. � cropp isting industrial areas or has the Nighttime noise might not be a ` � ed Sta potential of being surrounded by problem at any of the three sites �MOst Wanted� S�'tOW Hayes'bail was set at$100,000. Fric - minde , � lands suspect in jail �re victim identified outag� Minne � HASTIN(iS NEW BRIGHTON main i � He was featured on the televi- A man killed in a mobile home nect 1� New ch�ld sexuai abuse charge delays . S�on ShoW"America's Most Want- fire in New Brighton early Thurs-• � ed,"and as a result,William` day has been identified as Paul ternetl SentenC�g fOr SUS�Gt � $jjnjl�l,,r Ca,Sf: ' Thomas Bell Jr.is back in Dakota Scott Champlin,36,whose last not a�.