01-03-1985 Council Packet Special Meeting

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3. Public education and information programs; 4. Role of waste flow designations; and 5. County and municipal enforcement activities, including monitoring programs, and expected licensing and permitting requirements and ordinances. LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS The Council encourages cities and townships to include a solid waste management planning element in their comprehensive plans prepared under the Metropolitan Land Planning Act. The solid waste element should be prepared in consultation with counties and serve as an implementation guide for local waste management activities. Local solid waste plans must be consistent with county master plans. The solid waste element should describe: 1. Waste reduction, source separation, waste processing and land disposal programs and activities in the city or town, including the types of services provided, levels of recovery achieved by the programs, locations of facilities, and user charges; 2. Proposed solid waste management program , functions, and activities, how they complement the county's master plar and achieve the objectives in the waste reduction/resource recovery development program in Part 4 of this guide. 3. How existing or proposed solid waste facilities can be operated or devel- oped so as to be compatible land use and public services; and 4. Local ordinances and controls regulating the transportation and collection of solid waste; and ordinances regulating waste facilities. Some local governments may not have the financinal resources, staff or exper- tise to develop a solid waste element of their comprehensive plans. Counties should be willing to help develop the plan element if necessary. Financial and technical support for local programs and waste facilities will be available from the Council, particularly if the local community has a solid waste element in its comprehensive plan. IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING COUNTY ANNUAL REPORTS The metropolitan counties are required to submit annually solid waste reports to the Council for approval (Minn. Stat., sec. 473.803, subd. 3). The reports must provide information on waste generation and management activities, as well as progress in achieving the waste management policies and objectives in the Council's guide chapter. The reports must be submitted on Feb. 1 and cover the period of January through December of the previous year. The annual reports must include information on the following: 1. Progress on implementing the Council's solid waste guide, including the waste reduction and resource recovery and land disposal development programs and schedules; 81