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i �. l C�t� o� ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL � No. /32/ • - • • 3. The Minnetrista site is located in an area known for high ground water levels. The possiblity of ground water conta- mination is great. This too would adversely affect the entire Lake Minnetonka area. 4 . The Minnetrista site is located in an area zoned for agricultural preservation. The site is currently activel�� used for commercial agricultural purposes. Preservation ofthis agricultural land is � a principal goal of the Metropolitan Council and of th� City of Minnetrista. It is absolutely adverse to the interests of the citizens of Minnesota to encourage or participate in the loss of this finite resource. Once used for landfill purposes , this valuable land could never be returned to productive agricultural purnoses . 5 . The Minnetrista site has poor transportation access. The heavy volume of refuse trucks would have to travel many mileG from their urban collection points to reach this remote .corner of the • county. A11 traffic would have to slowly grind up the steep hill on County Road 92 right through the heart of St. Bonifacius ' downtown area, adversely affecting business levels and pedestrian safety. Alternately, the heavy trucks would have to run along and through the very heart of residential Lake Minnetonka on curvy, slow-speed County Road 15. This route would terribly overburden a road better suited for local residential and recreational access. This route would directly and adversely affect most of the citizens of Wayzata, Orono, Minnetonka Beach, Spring Park, Mound and Minnetrista. 6 . The City of Orono complements the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners on their approach to the necessary task of solid waste sanitary landfill site selection. The City of Orono understands the very real need for such facilities and the very difficult job of actually locating potential sites . Orono representatives have participated in the site selection committee and in the alternative waste resource recovery committee. Orono does not want this opposition to the Minnetrista site to be construed as opposition to the site selection process , nor as uninformed opposition to having it located "next door. " Rather, Orono seriously questions that the Minnetrista site, or any site in the Lake Minnetonka watershed, can meet the necessary and very critical environmental protection criteria. Orono is committed to protection of Lake Minnetonka from any threat. Our • citizens view location of any solid waste landfill within the