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MINUTES OF THE
<br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING
<br />Monday, February 22, 2010
<br />7:00 o'clock p.m.
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<br />(PUBLIC COMMENTS, Continued)
<br />go to Hennepin County Medical Center for their treatment, which means that the residents of Hennepin
<br />County are required to pay for that, and a solution needs to be arrived at. Work will commence on the 2011
<br />budget in July.
<br />Acting Mayor Murphy asked for any additional public comments not related to Item No. 4.
<br />Michael LaQuey, P.O. Box 94, Crystal Bay, stated the Environmental Protection Agency has a website called
<br />medical waste. Mr. LaQuey cited the following: Medical waste is all waste materials generated in a health
<br />care facility, such as hospitals, clinics, physician's offices, dental practices, blood banks, veterinarian
<br />hospitals, clinics, as well as medical research facilities and laboratories. The Medical Waste Tracking Act of
<br />1988 defines medical waste as any solid waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment and immunization
<br />of human beings or animals and research pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biologicals. This
<br />definition includes but is not limited to blood soaked bandages, culture dishes and other glassware, discarded
<br />surgical gloves, discarded surgical instruments, discarded needles used to give shots or draw blood, e.g.,
<br />medical sharps, cultures, stocks, swabs used to inoculate cultures, removed body parts and discarded lancets.
<br />LaQuey stated on the website for the American Woodworking Council there is a document called Design for
<br />Code Acceptance.
<br />Acting Mayor Murphy asked if this comment is related to The Emily Project. •
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<br />LaQuey stated he is not connecting it and is just reading off general information for the City Council.
<br />Acting Mayor Murphy stated it appears Mr. LeQuey is connecting it to The Emily Project.
<br />LaQuey indicated he did not make that connection and is just reading general information. Some of the things
<br />that should be looked at is the stud separation for one hour load bearing wood frame wall assemblies, which
<br />also pertains to one hour fire rated floors, 24 -inch separation, the type of insulation, the type of furring, the
<br />type of sheathing, the ceiling sheathing, fasteners, and other details.
<br />LaQuey stated on the National Fire Protection Association website there is a document dated February of 2009
<br />relating to structure fires in medical, mental health and substance abuse facilities. The study found that of all
<br />structure fires, 0.07 percent occur in health care facilities, which may not sound like a lot but is seven out of
<br />1000. Of those, you have increased risk if you are cooking or have a kitchen, you are at increased risk if you
<br />have laundry facilities in these type of hospital fires. They also found that cooking equipment was the leading
<br />cause of reported fires in medical or mental health and substance abuse facility structure fires in 2003 to 2006.
<br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT
<br />*3. #09 -3436 LORI AND RICHARD GHERARDI, 2700 ETHEL AVENUE — VARIANCE —
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 5915
<br />Bremer moved, Franchot seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5915, a Resolution Granting a •
<br />Variance to the Orono, Minnesota, City Code Section 78 -350, for the property located at 2700 Ethel
<br />Avenue. VOTE. Ayes 4, Nays 0.
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