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o Long-range regional planning should be done instead of concentrating on 5-10 year brush fires. - Patricia Conley, administrative aide, Mayor Latimer's Office o Want information on how other countries deal with the problem of solid waste. - Joanne Englund, program coordinator, St. Paul Public Works o Four years ago, there was no interest in combined sewer overflow because it was too difficult to finance and was not seen as a problem. Today it is a problem and help is needed to find a solution. - Joanne Englund, program coordinator, St. Paul Public Works o Is the Metropolitan Council looking at effects of farm runoff? - Joanne Englund, program coordinator. St. Paul Public Works o Ramsey County has a new policy of maintaining and renovating, rather than rebuilding its roads. - Ruby Hunt, Ramsey County commissioner o Difficult to get funds for road maintenance because state and federal governments favor new construction. - Joanne Englund, program coordinator, St. Paul Public Works o The Metropolitan Council should take this issue of renovation v:. new construction to state and federal levels. - Patricia Conley, administrative aide, Mayor Latimer's Office The following are some of the comments made by Metropolitan Council, Chair Sandra Cardebring. o Alternatives to landfills must be found. o Abatement, composting and recycling should be used as alternatives to landfills. o Public must be willing to pay for expensive alternatives. o The Metropolitan Council should be consistent in dealing with sludge ash siting and agricultural preserves. o The Metropolitan Council will continue to seek help from private and public partnerships to deal with regional problems. o The Metropolitan Council needs to ha realistic about what it can accomplish in the area of solid waste. o The Metropolitan Council can play a positive, catalytic role in helping to resolve the combined sewer overflow problem. The governor has asked the Metropolitan Council and the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission to establish a plan by 1990. o Water quality is a legitisa'•e issue -- the question must be asked, "Is spending a lot of money separating the sewers going to improve water quality enough to Justify the cost?"