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THE BIRTHPLACE OF MINNESOTA
June 18, 1993
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TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL
FROM: MARY LOU JOHNSON, CITY CLERK
SUBJECT: SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, TUESDAY EVENING,
JUNE 22, 1993, 7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL: 216 NORTH FOURTH STILLWATER, MINNESOTA 55082 PHONE: 612 - 439 -6121
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This memo is a reminder to Council that a Special Meeting has been scheduled
for Tuesday, June 22, 1993 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Stillwater
City Hall, 216 No. Fourth St., Stillwater, Minnesota to discuss the following:
S / 1. This is the day and time for the public improvement hearing on the
Southeast Area Improvement Project, L.I. 285.
Notice of the hearing was published in The Stillwater Gazette on June
11 and 18, 1993 and mailed to affected property owners.
/ 2. Possible discussion of Professional Services Agreement with SEH.
(3. Minn. Pollution Control Agency Priority Classification of Stillwater City
Dump.
/4. Any other business Council may wish to discuss.
5. Possible adjournment to Executive Session to discuss labor relations
negotiations and personnel matter.
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MEMO
TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL
FROM: MARY LOU JOHNSON
DATE: JUNE 18, 1993
SUBJECT: ITEMS # 1 AND #2 ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE BRING YOUR COPIES OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WITH YOU TO THE MEETING ON
TUESDAY:
1. FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR L.I. 285, SOUTHEAST SANITARY SEWER REPAIR
2. THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SEH THAT DICK MOORE PRESENTED TO
THE COUNCIL LAST TUESDAY.
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06/15/93
4 /ko: Stillwater Mayor & City Council
Re: Proprosed sanitory sewer, water main, storm sewer, street
construction assessment.
I will be out of town on business on the 22nd of June and cannot
attend the meeting but want my vote to be counted.
(My vote is NO)
I bought my home a year ago February and owe $72,000.00. If
this assessment is passed I will never be able to recover the
associated costs of this project. Based on projections if they
are correct and were distributed evenly between the approximate
100 homes involved this would total:
1. Assessed amount - $17,000.00 + interest.
2. Hook up, fill in septic, re- landscape.
Approximately $5 - 10,000.00.
3. Increased taxes - ?
4. Added quarterly sewer charges - $200.00 per year.
This is an old home and needs lots of work and would not sell for
more than $74,000. I would have to seel for $95,000.00 -
$100,000.00 not including realtors fees and closing costs,
another $8,000.00 - $10,000.00, or a grand total of $103,000.00 -
$110,000.00 to break even. This is totally unrealistic. City
sewer would not add any value to this property.
In addition, I would not be alble to make any needed or wanted
improvements. I have put in a foundation for a future room
addition. I wanted to add a garage, deck, black top driveway
and landscaping. I would never be able to do these projects.
How would I be able to do needed improvements including siding,
windows, doors, insulation and sidewalk. I would never be
able to afford these in addition to the increased monthly .
payment of approximately $200.00 + per month, nor could I ever
re -coup this investment, and without the needed improvements
the value - will decrease.
I am a single parent with a limited, fluctuating income. I
bought this house because it was affordable and so I could
build equity for my sons college. This project would be
devastating for us.
This proposal makes no sense at all when it comes from $2000.00
to $4500.00 to replace a septic system if needed and only
$80.00 to pump every two years. We can pump twice per year
for less then the yearly sewer bill.
rk Oftedah
1024 5th Aven e South
Stillwater, MN 55082
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Assigned Staff: MPCA
Project Manager
Technical Analyst
On Site Inspector
Attorney General
Actions Taken To Date:
Actions Needed:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Permanent List of Priorities_
June 1993
Site Name: Stillwater City Dump
Location: Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota
Priority: Minnesota List of Priorities Classification
C: Response Action Design and Implementation
D: Remedial Investigation, Feasibility Study
National Priority List: No Score: 26.79
Site Description: The Stillwater City Dump (Site) is located on the western
edge of Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota. The city operated the dump
from 1948 until 1966 as a mixed municipal waste disposal facility. A scrap
metal dealer stored junk automobiles at the Site from 1966 through 1969. The
dump was closed in the early 1970's. Transformers containing Poly Chlorinated
Biphenyls (PCBs) were allegedly buried at the dump during its operation by the
city.
Mike Loughran
Mark Hoffman
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) staff completed a Preliminary
Assessment (PA) of the Site on June 26, 1986. A Screening Site
Inspection (SSI) was completed on November 29, 1989.
- Conduct a residential well search.
- Design and implement Response Actions.
- Remedial investigation and feasibility study.
MEETING DATE: June 22. 1993
LOCATION: Statewide
CITY
TYPE OF ACTION: MERLA
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adoption
ATTACHMENTS:
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
Ground Water and Solid Waste Division
Agenda Item Control Sheet
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APPEARANCE ITEM: YES: NO: X \- SCHEDULED TIME:
PREPARED BY: Gary L. Krue r DATE MAILED: June 11, 1993
TITLE: Request For Adoption Of The June 1993 Update Of The Permanent List
Of Priorities Among Releases Or Threatened Releases Of Hazardous
Substances, Pollutants. Or Contaminants
COUNTY
ISSUE STATEMENT: The Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act, Minn.
Stat. § 115B.17, subd. 13 (1992) and Minn. Rules pt. 7044 (1993) require the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to establish a Permanent List of
Priorities (PLP) among releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances,
pollutants, or contaminants. The current PLP (June 1992) was adopted by the
MPCA Board on June 29, 1992. The MPCA staff is proposing to modify the June
1992 Update of the PLP. This proposed June 1993 Update of the PLP was published
in the April 12, 1993, State Register for public comment. A second notice of
the proposed update was published in the April 26, 1993, State Reaister to
assist in soliciting public comment. MPCA staff review of comments received
during the 31 -day public comment period resulted in the attached MPCA staff
responses. The MPCA staff recommends that the MPCA Board adopt the updated PLP
as presented in this Board Item.
1. April 12. 1993. and April 26. 1993. State Resister Notices of the Proposed
Update of the Permanent List of Priori.t.ies. Notice Letter to Affected and
Interested Parties, and Public information Office News Release.
2. Memorandum from Minnesota Department cif Aariculture to MPCA recommending
Deletion of Lund's Farmer Seed and Nurser from the PLP and
Reclassification of Howe Soil Contamination Site.
• 3. Comment Letters Received by MPCA andRespective MPCA Staff Responses.
Board Item Attachments - continued
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4. Memorandum from MPCA Commissioner Reclassifying MPCA PLP Sites.
5. Site Description Sheets for Sites Proposed for Addition to the PLP.
6. Site Description Sheets and MPCA Staff Memorandums for Sites Proposed for
Deletion from the PLP.
7. Final June 1993 PLP by Classification.
8. Alphabetical Listing of the Permanent List of Priorities.
9. Description Sheets for the 184 Final June 1993 PLP Sites.
10. Map Showing Distribution of Sites of the Final June 1993 Update of
the Permanent List of Priorities by County.
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MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
Ground Water and Solid Waste Division
Program Development Section
June 22, 1993
ISSUE STATEMENT
Request For Adoption Of The June 1993 Update Of The
Permanent List Of Priorities Among Releases Or Threatened Releases
Of Hazardous Substances, Pollutants, Or Contaminants
The Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act, Minn. Stat. § 115B.17,
subd. 13 (1992) and Minn. Rules pt. 7044 (1993) require the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency (MPCA) to establish a Permanent List of Priorities (PLP) among
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants. The current PLP (June 1992) was adopted by the MPCA Board on
June 29, 1992. The MPCA staff is proposing to modify the June 1992 Update of
the PLP. The proposed June 1993 Update of the PLP was published in the April
12, 1993, State Register for public comment. A second notice of the proposed
update was published in the April 26, 1993, State Register to assist in
soliciting public comment. MPCA staff review of comments received during the
31 -day public comment period resulted in the attached MPCA staff responses. The
MPCA staff recommends that the MPCA Board adopt the updated PLP as presented in
this Board Item.
I. Background:
On June 29, 1992, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 115B.17, subd. 13 and Minn.
Rules pt. 7044, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Board adopted the
June 1992 Update of the Permanent List of Priorities (PLP) of sites with
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances or pollutants or
contaminants in Minnesota. The rules that govern the establishment of the PLP
require that the PLP be updated at least annually. In this Board Item, the MPCA
staff is proposing to modify the PLP.
The current PLP, with its proposed modifications, is hereinafter referred to
as the proposed June 1993 Update of the PLP. The proposed June 1993 Update of
the PLP among releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances,
pollutants, or contaminants was published in the April 12, 1993, and the
April 26, 1993, State Register for the purpose of soliciting public comment (see
Attachment 1). The proposed June 1993 Update of the PLP was available for
public comment for 31 days.
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In addition to the State Register publication, notices were mailed to
approximately 200 affected parties and persons who may have an interest in one
or more of the proposed changes to the PLP as listed in the proposed June 1993
Update of the PLP. A news release regarding this proposed update of the PLP was
also sent out by the MPCA's Public Information Office.
II. Discussion:
A. Proposed Modifications to PLP
The June 1992 Update of the PLP listed 189 sites. The proposed June 1993
Update of the PLP, as published in the State Register, recommends the addition
of five sites to the PLP, and the deletion of ten sites from the PLP. These
proposed changes would result in the listing of 184 sites on the proposed June
1993 Update of the PLP. The proposed site additions and deletions are as
follows:
The proposed MPCA site additions, as published in the State Register, to the
PLP include the following five sites: Voss Scrapyard, Belle Plaine; Old Freeway
Dump, Burnsville; Stiliwate* Former City Dump, Stillwater; Bemidji Gas
Manufacturing Site, Bemidji; and Former White House Restaurant, Golden Valley.
Each of these sites has, been scored using the Hazardous Ranking System (HRS)
method as required by Minn.
Rules pt. 7044.0250 and is eligible for inclusion on
the PLP. The HRS is based on the revised HRS scoring system, as published in
the Federal Resister on December 14, 1990.
Each proposed site addition has also been assigned to one or more response
action classes as required by Minn. Rules pt. 7044.0450. The four response
action classifications are as follows:
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Class A - Declared Emergencies; Class B - Response Actions Completed and
Operation and Maintenance /Long -Term Monitoring Ongoing; Class C - Response
Actions Necessary or in Progress or First Year Operation and Maintenance at a
Site; Class D - Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies (RI /FS)
Necessary or in Progress.
Each site proposed for inclusion has been assigned to response action
classes C and D.
The MPCA also proposes to delete the following nine MPCA sites from the PLP,
as specified under Minn. Rules pt. 7044.0950 (1993): Adrian Municipal Well
Field, Adrian; Atwater Municipal Well Field, Atwater; DM &IR Car and Locomotive
Shops, Proctor; DNR- Duxbury Pesticide Site, Pine County; Ford - Twin Cities
Assembly Plant, St. Paul; Fritz Craig Salvage Operation, Park Rapids; HWK
Enterprises /Meeker Mfg. /Design Classics /Litchfield Municipal Well Site,
• Litchfield; Jackson Municipal Well Field, Jackson; and Owatonna City Dump,
Owatonna. Attachment 6 includes MPCA staff summaries for sites proposed fora
deletion.
The MPCA Commissioner has reclassified seven MPCA PLP sites since the June
1992 Update of the PLP. A change in response action class for a site may be
based on completion of response activities of a given site or a reassessment of
cleanup tasks that may be required at a given site. Attachment 4 lists the
sites where the Commissioner of the MPCA has deemed a reclassification to be
appropriate.
In addition, the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized under the
Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA) to take removal or
remedial action with regard to releases or threatened releases of agricultural
chemicals as defined in Minn. Stat. § 18D.01, subd. 3. The Commissioner of
Agriculture has participated with the MPCA staff in developing this proposed
Cloud (Attachment 2).
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update of the PLP and has recommended the deletion of one site from the June
1992 PLP. The one agricultural chemical site which the MPCA staff proposes to
delete from the PLP, as recommended by the Commissioner of Agriculture and
published in the State Reaister, is the Lund's Farmer Seed and Nursery Site, St.
The Commissioner of Agriculture did not recommend the addition of any
agriculture chemical sites to the PLP during this update. The Commissioner of
Agriculture did reclassify one agricultural chemical site as shown in
Attachment 2.
Following the reclassification of a total of eight PLP sites, there are now
34 PLP sites under response action class B. Therefore, selected remedies at
either all or portions of 34 PLP sites have been completed and Superfund
activities at these sites will consist of long -term monitoring and /or operation
and maintenance of the selected remedy.
B. Public Comments.
The proposed June 199 bpdate of the PLP, as published in the
April 12, 1993, and April 26, 1993, State Reaister, was available for public
comment from April 12 through May 13, 1993. As a result of the public comment
period, MPCA staff received four letters commenting on proposed changes to the
PLP. All written comments and responses by MPCA staff are included in
Attachment 3 to this Board 1, Item. These comments were considered by MPCA staff
in preparing the staff recc}mmendation.
MPCA staff received fotir comment letters during the public comment period
regarding this proposed update of the PLP. Summaries of comments received and
MPCA staff responses follow by Site.
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1. Voss Scrapyard. Two comment letters were received concerning the
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proposed addition of the Voss Scrapyard Site to the PLP. One was from a city
council member for the city of Belle Plaine and the second was a formal
resolution passed by the city council of Belle Plaine. Both comment letters
agreed with the proposed listing of the Voss Scrapyard Site.
2. Former White House Restaurant. One comment letter was received from the
city of Golden Valley opposed to the listing of the Site on the PLP. The city
was concerned that the Superfund process could be very costly and time -
consuming. There are redevelopment plans for this area and lengthy Superfund
cleanup activities could delay those plans. The city was also concerned that
once a site is placed on the PLP, it will never be taken off.
Representatives for the city of Golden Valley and MPCA staff met following
receipt of their comment letter to discuss the city's concerns. First MPCA
staff 'noted that sites, once cleaned up and no longer posing an environmental
threat, can be delisted from the PLP as exampled by the delistings occurring
this update. Second, since a portion of the site is likely to be tax forfeiture
property, the city may not be considered to be a responsible party for cleanup
liability. Should planned city funding for investigation and cleanup of the
site, due to unforeseen circumstances, not be sufficient for reaching a selected
remedy, State Superfund money may be needed to reach cleanup goals. This would
require listing on the PLP to access state money. In addition, once the city or
county is the owner of the property due to tax forfeiture, the city is welcome
to enter into a voluntary agreement for investigation or cleanup, with MPCA
oversight through the Property Transfer /Voluntary Cleanup Program. This may
assist in expediting any cleanup that may be necessary at the site.
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These discussions did ease the city's concern concerning the listing of the
site. MPCA staff continues to recommend the listing of the site on the PLP.
3. Old Freeway Dumo. One comment letter was received from Michael McGowan,
representing the R.B. McGowan Company. While not opposing the listing of the
site on the PLP, Mr. McGowan did request that the name of the site be changed.
His concern is that the name may imply financial liability for the R.B. McGowan
Company, or related interests, for future Superfund activities at the site.
Staff replied that while the name in itself does not imply financial
responsibility, it does reflect location and historical operations at a site.
MPCA records have historically referred to this site as the Old Freeway Dump.
In addition, the R.B. McGowan Company, or related interests, did own and operate
the dump as well as the Freeway Landfill. By definition, the R.B. McGowan
Company, or related interests, as owner and /or operator can be considered to be
a potential responsible party (PRP) under Superfund. As part of any future
remedial investigation, additional PRPs may also be identified, such as those
suggested in Mr. McGowan's comment letter.
MPCA staff continues to recommend addition of the site to the PLP as the Old
Freeway Dump.
III. Conclusions:
On April 12, 1993, and April 26, 1993, the proposed Update of the PLP for
June 1993 was published in the State Register for the purpose of soliciting
public comment. Comments received did not result in the changes being made to
the proposed site additions. or deletions to the PLP as published on April 12,
1993, and April 26, 1993.
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Therefore, the MPCA staff recommends that the MPCA Board concur and adopt
the site additions to the PLP as shown in Attachment 5, and the proposed site
deletions as shown in Attachments 2 and 6. The MPCA staff believes that the
Final June 1993 Update of the PLP properly lists and categorizes known sites of
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances or pollutants or
contaminants in Minnesota. Attachment 7 lists the Final June 1993 PLP by
classification and Attachment 8 lists all PLP sites alphabetically. Attachment
9 is the site description sheets for all 184 sites on the Final June 1993 PLP.
Attachment 10 is a map showing the distribution of all 184 sites by county.
The PLP will be updated as information regarding releases of hazardous
substances at additional sites becomes available and as cleanup actions are
accomplished.
IV. Recommendations:
The MPCA staff recommends that the MPCA Board adopt the following staff
resolution.
WHEREAS, the proposed Update of the Permanent List of Priorities among
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, or pollutants or
contaminants was published in the State Register on April 12, 1993, and again on
April 26, 1993, and was available for public comment for 31 days; and
WHEREAS, four comment letters were received by the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency staff during
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SUGGESTED STAFF RESOLUTION
the public comment period concerning the proposed
changes to the Permanent List of Priorities; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency staff reviewed the comments
and these comments did not result in changes to the proposed June 1993 Update of
the Permanent List of Priorities, as published in the April 12, 1993, and
April 26, 1993, State Register; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESWLVED, that for the reasons set forth in the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency staff's memorandum dated June 22, 1993, the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency adopts the addition of the five sites as
shown in Attachment 5 to the PLP, and adopts the deletion of the ten sites as
shown in Attachments 2 and 6 from the PLP. The Final June 1993 PLP is,
therefore, shown in Attachment 7, as presented in the Board Item dated June 22,
1993.
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MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
520 North Lafayette Road
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 -4194
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
JUNE 22, 1993
I. GENERAL
9:00 A.H. 1. Call to Order
2. Agenda Review and Adoption
3. Commissioner's Report
4. Approval of minutes from the May 25, 1993, meeting
5. Legal Report
6. Report of the Water Quality Committee Meeting held
June 21, 1993
7. Report of the Ground Water and Solid Waste Committee Meeting
held June 21, 1993
8. Report of the Hazardous Waste Committee Meeting held
June 21, 1993
9. Items- by Agency Board Members
II. APPEARANCE ITEMS
GROUND WATER & SOLID WASTE DIVISION
10:00 i M. 10. Request For Issuance Of A Request For Response Action To
Ashland Oil, Inc., Bow Chemical Company, Indianhead Truck
Lines, Inc., Sonford Products Corporation Of Minnesota,
Sonford Products Corporation Of Mississippi, And Park Penta
Corporation For The Release And Threatened Release Of
Hazardous Substances At The Ashland Oil /Park Penta /Sonford
Products Site In St. Paul Park, Washington County. (15)
Request For Authority To Commence Litigation Against
Mr. Leonard Smith And Others To Compel Compliance With Solid
Waste Management Law And Rules At An Unpermitted Solid Waste
Storage And Disposal Site In Madelia, Minnesota. (20)
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10:35 A.H. 12. Request For A Determination That Actions Will Not Be Taken In
The Manner And Time Requested To Sylvester Bros. Development
Company Regarding The East Bethel Landfill Located In The
City Of East Bethel, Anoka County. (15) --
10:50 A.M. - 10:55 A.H. BREAK
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OFFICE
10:55 A.H. 13. Request For Approval Of Findings Of Fact And Authorization To
Issue A Negative Declaration On The Western Lake Superior
Sanitary District Industrial Solid Waste Landfill
Environmental Assessment Worksheet, St. Louis County. (10)
11:05 A.M. 14. Request For Approval Of Findings Of Fact And Authorization To
Issue A Negative Declaration On The Western Lake Superior
Sanitary District Incinerator Ash Landfill Environmental
Assessment Worksheet, St. Louis County. (10)
HAZARDOUS WASTE DIVISION
11:15 A.M. 15. Request For Authorization For The Commissioner To Request The
Attorney General To Commence Legal Action Against Tandem
Products, Incorporated, David Tweet And Nash Helmy. (20)
11:35 A.H. 16. Request For Authorization For The Commissioner To Request The
Attorney General To Commence Legal Action Against Microline
Technologies Corporation, Advanced Electronics Incorporated
And Theresa Bailey. (20)
11:55 A.M. - 12:55 P.H. T LUNCH
NONAPPEARANCE ITEMS
GROUND WATER & SOLID WASTE DIVISION
17. Request For Adoption Of The June 1993 Update Of The Permanent
List 0 Priorities Among Releases Or Threatened Releases Of
Hazardous Substances, Pollutants Or Contaminants.
18. Request For Authorization To Establish The Minnesota
Environmental And Liability Act Project List Of Hazardous
Waste Sites For Fiscal Year 1994 (July 1, 1993 - June 30,
1994).
19. Request For The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Board To
Enter Into A Joint Powers Agreement With The City Of St. Paul
Park, Washington County.
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20. Request For Adoption Of Amendments To Minn. Rules Ch. 7105
Governing The Certification Of Underground Storage Tank
Installers, Removers And Repairers.
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AIR QUALITY DIVISION
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21. Request To Approve Proposed Revision To The State
Implementation Plan To Show Attainment Of The Lead National
Ambient Air Quality Standard And To Approve Redesignation
Request Of The State Lead Nonattainment Area To Attainment.
IV. ADJOURN REGULAR BOARD MEETING
V. CONTINUATION OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS
AIR QUALITY COMMITTEE
1:00 P.H. -1:55 P.H. Will Meet To Discuss:
1. Presentation On Proposed Waste Combustor Rules. (40)
2. Solomon Simon, A Winona County Resident, Has Asked To Present
His Concerns About Incineration Of Medical Waste At The
Community Memorial Hospital In Winona. (15)
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PROCEDURES COMMITTEE
1:55 P.H. -2:25 P.H. Will Meet To Discuss:
Update On The Agency's Total Quality Management Program. (30)
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
2:25 P.H. -2:55 P.H. Will Meet To Discuss:
The Agency Procedural Rules. (30)
VI. FUTURE SCHEDULED MEETINGS
REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS
DATE: Committee Meetings, Monday, July 26, 1993
Board Meeting, Tuesday, July 27, 1993
DATE: Committee Meetings, Monday, August 23, 1993
Board Meeting, Tuesday, August 24, 1993
PLACE: Lower Level of the Agency's Offices located at:
520 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 -4194
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PLEASE NOTE: ALL MEETINGS OF THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY BOARD AND
ITS COMMITTEES WILL BE HELD IN THE BOARD ROOM ON THE LOVER LEVEL OF THE
AGENCY'S OFFICES LOCATED AT 520 NORTH LAFAYETTE ROAD IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,
55155 -4194, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
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VII. MPCA BOARD COMMITTEE MEETINGS SCHEDULE
Monday, June 21, 1993
WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE
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9:00 A.H. -11:05 A.H. Will Meet To Discuss:
1. Update On Metropolitan Airports Commission Draft NPDES Permit
And Compliance Schedule. (30)
2. Status Of Central Bi- Products To Discharge To Minnesota
River. (30)
3. Briefing On The Great Lakes Initiative Review And Assessment
Of Impact In Lake Superior Basin. (30)
4. Update On The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Pretreatment
Program. (20)
5. Briefing On The Metropolitan Waste Control Commission Metro
Permit And Associated Memorandum Of Understanding. (15)
11:05 A.M. - 11:10 A.M. BREAK
GROUND WATER & SOLID WASTE DIVISION
11:10 A.H. -12:30 P.M. Will Meet To Discuss:
1. The Superfund Request For Response Action Process And
Delegation Of Request For Response Issuance To The
Commissioner. (15)
2. Request For Adoption Of The June 1993 Update Of The Permanent
List Of Priorities Among Releases Or Threatened Releases Of
Hazardous Substances, Pollutants Or Contaminants. (10)
3. Request For Issuance Of A Request For Response Action To Six
Parties Regarding The Ashland Oil /Park Penta /Sonford Products
Site (15)
4. Litigation Authority Needed To Close And Clean Up An Illegal
Dump Site In Madelia, Minnesota. (40)
12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.H. LUNCH
GROUND WATER & SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE (CONTINUED)
1:30 P.M. -3:00 P.M. Will Meet To Discuss:
5. Update On The Use Of Ground Water Injection Technology To
Remove Ground Water Contaminates At The Bell Lumber And Pole
Supetfund Site. (20)
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6. Request For Approval Of Findings Of Fact And Authorization To
Issue A Negative Declaration On The Western Lake Superior
Sanitary District Incinerator Ash And Industrial Solid Waste
Landfill Environmental Assessment Worksheets, St. Louis
County. (20)
7. To Brief Committee On U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Comprehensive State Ground Water Protection Program
Activities By The MPCA. (20)
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Stillwater Shakespeare Theatre Co.
302 West Sycamore St.
Stillwater, MN.-55082 --
351 -7445
Dear Friends of Stillwater Shakespeare, 6 -10 -93
There is good news and bad news. The good news is that we were rapidly
approaching our goal of finding about 10% of our budget from local business
and personal contributions. We received S3,000 in donations which we feel,
given the time line, is a direct reflection of this community's support and
enthusiasm. We are very pleased with the response that our idea has
generated.
The bad news is that we did not succeed in finding the balance needed from
grants, foundations, and other large funding resources. We attempted to raise
this money in record time, and were a bit presumptuous in believing that we
could circumvent the deadlines that these organizations have. However, we
discovered that we qualify for a number of different grants, and by following
their guidelines, we will work at finding the support necessary to begin the
project in 1994. To ensure that this materializes, we have hired a grant writer
to research and apply for various grants for which our company qualifies.
Kari Luther Carlson has recently worked in development and grant writing
for the Cricket Theatre in Minneapolis.
We are plannin on movie foryard without a summer program for 1993
and instea are concentrating on three things. They are: 1) The school
program which tours a Shakespearean workshop and related theatre
offerings. 2) A winter performance, hopefully in the new Stillwater High
School Auditorium, which would have performances in the day for students
and evening shows for families and adults. 3) The summer performance , in a
rent, on the river, as we planned for this year, but starting next year.
We feel that we have sufficient indications from the community that this is
something that the St. Croix River Valley wants. We can make a success of it , if
we follow a more rational time line, and pursue funding from the State Arts
Board, various foundations, and large corporate sponsors.
If you have made a donation to Stillwater Shakespeare with the
understanding that it was for this summer's program, and would like a refund,
we will gladly return your contribution in full. However, if you can leave it
with us, we will use it as seed money to get this program of the ground. It
would give us a chance to further our research in the directions in which we
plan to go and see us through the funding season to make a go of it in 1994.
We look forward to any ideas and help that you can give us in the interim.
Thanks so much for your enthusiastic support.
Sincerely,
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PRESIDENT
Peg Cullen
VICE PRESIDENT
Richard T. Murphy, Sr.
TREASURER
David Bollinger
SECRETARY
Irene Perrizo
EXECUTIVE u:rtEC uR
Patrick G. Shannon
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CATHOLIC
LEAGUE
For Religious
and
Civil Rights
ADVISORY BOARD
Bishop Robert Carlson
Bemard Casserly
Michael DeMoss, Esq.
John Healy, Esq.
Rosemary Kassekert, Esq.
la ne Keating, Esq.
Mary Ann Kuharski
Kevin Lawler, M.D.
Stella Lundquist
Stephen Najarian, M.D.
David Pence, M.D.
Marlene Reid
Bishop Roger Schwietz, OMI
Mary Senander
F. J. Spanier
Waft Stadelman
Hon. D.D. Wozniak
DATE:
NEWS RELEASE
June 15, 1993
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM: CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS
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Minnesota Chapter
Contact: Peg Cullen
646 -0765
926 -4469
Irene Perrizo
869 -3680
As in a bad western movie, area police, judges, prosecutors
and others are gearing up to deter the "violence" anticipated
when Operation Rescue arrives toting lethal missiles... "babies
and bibles" according to one report, said Peg Cullen, Presi-
dent of the Minnesota Chapter of the Catholic League for Reli-
ous and Civil Rights. "Babies and bibles must be ominous" she
said. "There is talk of holding pens and physical interference.
Bubble ordinances, injunctions, and harassment laws are in the
works. However, there has been little talk of protecting the
civil rights or free speech rights of the protestors ", accord-
ing to Cullen.
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is issuing
a call for less inflammatory rhetoric and for complete protec-
tion of to right: of all invo1v d. Let the protests proceed
in a calm, orderly atmosphere, not in a shrill, hostile one.
Let the abortion adherents cease distributing flyers to shoppers
at shopping malls hyping the 'violence'. Let there be no more
vandalism as occurred at Calvary Temple Church. Accord those
arrested at least as much respect for their rights as has been
accorded the Honeywell protestors, the war protestors, the skin-
head and Nazi groups who demonstrate.
"Above all, we request that the media reports be fair and honest
to all and that the media share the burden of keeping this pro-
test peaceful ", she said.
1821 University Avenue West, Suite 281 South • Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104 -2801 (612) 646 -0765 •646 -0786 (FAX)
Release - Catholic League - Operation Rescue
The Catholic League is distributing the foregoing challenge
to the press, radio and TV officials, city council members in
the Twin Cities and suburbs, mayors and police chiefs and
sheriffs.
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To: all Press, Radio, and TV officials, all city council members, all metro area mayors,
police chiefs.
TO AVOID VIOLENCE, LOWER THE DECIBELS
The imminent arrival of Operation Rescue has caused such a spate of high - voltage
announcements of impending violence by the press, on radio and TV, that ordinary citizens
must fear either L.A. or Bedford Stuyvasent type riots will occur all summer in the Twin
Cities.
Does it not occur to anyone in the media, or in the mayor's office or the City Council, that
their constant repetition of the "violence theme" will only escalate tension and will do
nothing to calm hearts and heads on either side of the abortion issue.
The anticipated violence is presumed to be perpetrated by one side only the-pro-life side.
This may not be an accurate presumption. In Twin City sit -ins by local groups, violence
has occurred sometimes by those responsible for removing the protesters. Other times at
picketing sights, vile name- calli} and obscenities by the pro - choice groups are designed to
precipitate retaliatory acts on the part' of the pro -life picketers. Some acts of violence to
clinics have been assigned to pro -life groups, when there has been no proof. As in the
case of Dr. Gunn in Florida, these acts are most likely the act of an individual not
associated with any particular pro -life group.
Wouldn't it be more responsible for public officials and the media to work to calm the
waters, rather than fan the flames? A suggestion for the press would be to initiate an
• in -depth study and analysis of any actual violence here or elsewhere, and verify by
independent sources how much there has been and whether it was perpetrated by
non - aligned individuals, the pro- life group or the pro- abortion group. In any case, as in all
civil protests the rights of the protesters must be protected. Media reporting should be fair
and unbiased. Rhetoric by public officials must be cautious and non - inflammatory. The
rights to free speech 'and free association must be protected. Above all, calmness must
prevail.
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights requests that media, pro -life and
pro- abortion groups, work to keep the visit of Operation Rescue peaceful and uneventful.
We ask the police, judges, and public officials to pledge absolute fairness in dealing with
the protestors, whether at the protest sights, in the courtroom, or the jail. This has not
always been the case, here or elsewhere.
Take a lead from the Honeywell protests, which included the wife of the former chief of
police. The police acted responsibly, even to serving coffee to the protestors. Honeywell
employees ignored the proceedings and a peaceful protest ensued.
Our plea to you is: regardless of your personal belief about abortion, be calm, be fair to
both sides, and above all, put a moratorium on all inflammatory words... spoken or written.
The Catholic League will be watching.
ABC's "Nightline" put pro -
life attorney Jay Sekulow at
an extreme disadvantage in
a debate with two pro -
•ortion opponents.
KANSAS f—
4 LIFE
. ublic
records of the
Wichita
protests
contradict the
tone of most
media
accounts.
6
nce! Mayhem! or
the Media flew It
The media often described Wichita's nonviolent
protests as a "siege" by "militants." They
could not have been more wrong.
Anti - abortion radi-
cals storm women's
clinics!
Protestors clash
with police!
Abortion foes
hold Wichita under
siege!
K eadlines such as these
jumped off newspa-
per pages and televi-
sion screens last summer as
the national press con-
verged on Wichita. The result was a feeling
among Christians and non - Christians alike that
the "Summer of Mercy" was an ugly event. But
public records of the protests contradict the
tone of most media accounts.
In a review of reports from Wichita, Citizen
found that many of then portrayed the
protestors as reckless and hostile. indeed, 2,600
protestors were arrested over a 47 -day period,
but the charges were primarily nonviolent
acts — trespassing, loitering or violation of a
restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge
Patrick Kelly. All but a few of the charges alleg-
ing assault have been dropped for lack of evi-
dence. .
Operation Rescue acknowledges that there
were occasions when its followers appeared
somewhat more aggressive. Barricades were
sometimes toppled as demonstrators crawled
under them. One day, 30 demonstrators scaled
a clinic fence to keep a gate closed. But Opera-
tion Rescue insists, and law enforcement offi-
cials substantiate, that the protestors' sit -ins
typically involved corporate prayer, singing of
hymns and messages from pro -life leaders or
local pastors. Volunteers who had been spe-
cially trained in the techniques of peaceful civil
protest crawled forward to block clinic gates
and risk arrest.
Despite these measures, the national press
characterized the protests in menacing terms.
"The most frequent error 1 saw was the
words they used to depict the rescues," said
Rich Bott, vice president of Bott Communica-
tions, whose chain of radio stations carried live
reports of the protests in Wichita. "They kept
using the words 'stormed the barricades' and
'charging the gates.' What was actually hap-
pening was that rescuers were getting on their
hands and knees and crawling in front of the
gates. There was no storming or charging."
Tim Graham, associate editor of Medic/-
Winch, a magazine that monitors the media,
said images of people praying and crawling in
the streets are (tot exciting enough for the
evening news.
"They always want drama," Graham said.
"That's what sells."
Media interest in drama often carne at the
expense of accuracy.
The Associated Press (AP), the nation's
largest news service with over 7,500 newspa-
per, radio and television clients, was among the
chief offenders. AP stories often described the
abortion demonstrators as "militant" or "radi-
cal" and used words like "rushing" or
"stormed" to describe rescuers who were
crawling or crouching on their way to block a
clinic gate.
There are other, more specific examples of
incompetence in AP's coverage.
On August 9, a group of teenagers and two
10 -year -olds joined a street blockade that had
already stopped cars bringing pregnant
patients to the clinic. Ten teenagers were
arrested for their participation.
An Associated Press report of this event,
which was printed by the London Times and
other newspapers around the world, gave the
impression that 2 -vear -old children were being
pushed in front of moving cars. This is an
excerpt of the AP report:
Children ranging in age from newborns to
teen -agers have been a frequent sight at the protests,
but police Capt. Norman Williams said Friday was
the first day children tried to use their bodies to
block vehicles.
"Who could have ever assumed that people
would push 2- year -old children in front of mo.'inS
vehicles," said Peggy Jarman, a spokeswoman for
the Pro- Choice Action League. "To use children Tike
that is just so appalling."
Rather than quoting Captain Williams, AP
quoted Jarman, an employee of abortionist
George Tiller and a source whose prejudice
should have been obvious. AP did not make
Jarman's connection with Tiller clear, it made
no attempt to verify Jarman's charge with law
enforcement officials, and it did not seek a
response from pro -life representatives. In tact,
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY CiTiZEN /NOVEMBER 18, 1991
Jarman's comments were false.
AP reporter Michael Bates, who wrote the
story, defends his reporting of the event.
"She [Jarman] was quoted accurately,"
Bates told Citizen. When asked why he did not
confirm the charge or contact a pro-life source,
Bates replied, "If you've ever done deadline
work at all you probably know that you do as
good a job as you and your editors can do at
the time."
Graham of Media Watch said "Being on
deadline is no excuse for irresponsible report-
ing."
Other media outlets added to the negative
images coming out of Wichita.
On August 22, USA Today, with a national
readership of 6.6 million, ran the following
story based on an AP report by Bates:
Prosecutors are weighing charges against [al
man, 36, suspected of beating his three kids with (a)
board because they refused to wear red ribbons in
support of abortion foes.
When contacted by Citizen, the district
attorney's office in Wichita called the report
"erroneous."
"As far as I know, there is no man under
investigation for beating his kids because they
would not participate in the anti - abortion
protests," said Douglass R. Roth, first deputy
district attorney. "A report went out that there
was a man who beat his children, but the infor-
mation provided to us by the law enforcement
officers does not link it to the anti - abortion
demonstrators."
Television's Snow Job
Some of the television coverage was imbal-
anced, too.
MediaWatch reports that in a segment of the
August 5 CBS "Evening News," reporter Scott
Pelley quoted Judge Patrick Kelly, Tiller
spokeswoman Peggy Jarman, and Kevin Wray,
a member of a group upset by police overtime
costs, but did not quote anyone on the pro -life
side.
CBS reporter Bruce Morton, in an August
17 "Evening News" commentary, took a swipe
at the protestors.
"Some, on videotape, have seemed to want
to scuffle with police," Morton said. But Media -
Watch said the videotape playing as he spoke
showed protestors being wrestled to the
ground by police officers, and he did not men-
tion that no one has been charged with fighting
the police.
Morton also alleged that pro - lifers were
endangering their children. "Some have sent
their children toward police lines and barri-
cades and cars. The civil rights people never
stooped to that," Morton said. But his own
videotape showed teenagers protesting, Media -
Watch said.
"Are these 'children' old enough to get free
condoms in school but not old enough to
protest abortion ?" MediaWatch asked.
Meanwhile, the August 6 edition of ABC's
"Nightline" featured Operation Rescue attor-
ney Jay Sekulow, U.S. District Judge Patrick
Kelly and law professor Laurence Tribe dis-
cussing the federal case against the Wichita
JCUS ON THE FAMILY CITIZEN /NOVEMBER 18,1991
protestors. It was a program stacked against
Sekulow.
While Tribe and Kelly sat comfortably in
air - conditioned television studios, complete
with sofas and bookshelves in the background,
"Nightline" producers had Sekulow stand out-
side, in front of an abortion clinic. Without the
benefit of a television monitor, and given only
an earphone in one ear to follow the arguments
in the studio, Sekulow debated the other guests
over the noise of pro- abortion hecklers who
yelled and honked car horns from across the
street.
A spokeswoman for "Nightline" said
Sekulow was asked and agreed to appear in
front of the clinic. Citizen called Sekulow and
asked for comment, but he was preparing to
argue a case before the U.S. Supreme
Court and was unavailable. His wife, who
works at his law practice in Atlanta, spoke
in his place. She described the "Nightline"
offer to appear on the program as an ulti-
matum.
"It was presented as 'do it this way or
don't do it,' " Pam Sekulow told Citizen.
"He was planning to be inside the studio
with Judge Kelly —cool, comfortable and
collected. They decided the street was bet-
ter."
The rest of the program did not pro-
ceed much better. The guest anchor, Bar-
bara Walters, introduced Tribe, a liberal
Harvard law professor, as "neutral" on the
abortion issue and thanked him "for trying
to provide some balance."
In fact, Tribe's record on abortion is
anything but neutral. His last book, Abor-
tion: The Clash of Absolutes (Norton, 1990)
firmly stated his belief that women have a
constitutional right to abortion.
"Nightline" spokeswoman Laura
Wessner said Tribe was not supposed to be
"neutral," as Walters had said.
"We're not looking for a mediator.
We're looking for players, people who are
part and parcel to the decision - making.
We're looking for people on opposite sides
of the fence," Wessner said.
Journalists were quick to report the
arrests of some pro -life demonstrators for
assaulting law enforcement officers. But
most failed to follow up when the charges
were dropped days later. According to the
federal court clerk in Wichita, only five
assault suspects were awaiting trial at
press time.
Finally, pro-life leaders charge tha the
media ignored other significant events. On
August 3, the historic day when 84 pastors
were arrested for blocking a clinic
entrance, there was virtually no media
coverage. The following week, when 50
pastors gathered in front of a clinic to
respond to threats from judge Kelly,
reporters stayed down the street, in front
of the Pro - Choice Action League head-
quarters.
"They missed the nightly rallies, the prayer
and fasting among the pastors and the revival
among the individual congregations," said Rich
Bott. "The real story wasn't in the streets, it was
in the pews, and the media missed it." ❑
Barbara Walters moderated
a lopsided debate on the
Wichita protests for ABC's
"Nightline"
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By Kurt Chandler
Staff Writer
A church that will house Operation
Rescue's summer school has been the
target of vandalism over the past
month, its administrator said at a
news conference Friday.
Outside light fixtures have been
smashed, outside doors have been
glued shut and profane posters have
been pasted on doors and signs of
Calvary Temple Church, a Pentecos-
tal congregation in St. Louis Park.
Operation Rescue, a national activist
group that opposes abortion, plans to
I�ld training sessions in lie Twin
- Monday."
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Minneapolis
council mulls
clinic access
PATRICK SWEENEY STAFF WRITER
inneapolis City Council mem-
bers on Monday began debating an
abortion clinic access ordinance
that would put much stiffer re-
strictions on protesters than the
new state law passed last week by
the Legislature.
"We are tired of being labeled as
violent when we have never been
involved in anything like this," said
the Rev. Nancy Peterson, whose hus-
band, the Rev. Gordon Peterson, is
pastor of the church. "We have
always been totally nonviolent, lov-
ing both the born and the unborn
person."
She said one of the signs, posted
before a Sunday morning service in
May, said, "Satan is coming to town
in the person of Operation Rescue."
Another plastered on an outside
church sign read, "Operation Rescue
come [stet] to our town. We'll lock
you in a church and burn the [oh-
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In each of the incidents, glue
was placed in the locks of church
or parish hall doors "by persons
attempting to protest and/or inter-
fere with peaceful pro -life gather-
ings; said Auxiliary Bishop Allied
C. Hughes in a statement.
"It is sad indeed that some pro-
abortion forces in our communi-
ties are so intolerant that they wish
to abridge the rights of free speech,
peaceful free assembly and reli-
gious practice in order to advance
their program of destruction of the
lives of the unborn; he said.
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By Maureen M. Smith
Staff Writer
Five Minneapolis City Council
members outlined a strategy Sunda
to thwart violence during Operatioh
Rescue's pfotests against abortion in
the Twin Cities this summer. - 1
The plan would call for Minnea,Yli s'
police to prepare a swift respopsei
,should vinlernru t during pro`rests
at clinics where abortions are per;
formed, or at the homes of clinic staff
members. It also would call for strict'
enforcement of state legislation'
passed Friday that increased penal -.
ties for people who block entry cei
to clinics.
"We want to pake sure tha
actions of Operation Rescue dnrf t
sl5111n the rnmmimity in dam_
pge to Dronerty riots nr_losss off life'!
said Sharon Sayles Belton, council
president and mayoral candidate}
"The bottom line is that we can't
tolerate violation of wnmen's rivit
and constitutional rights."
The council members proposed Thai
Minneapolis police conduct a special
training program and prepare to as
stst other local n artment -
wnere protests occur. They i -hot.
speculate about the costs of such- -
training.
"Our Police Department has 441-
with civil disobedience in the past,"
said Council Member Joan Camp-
bell. "But this kind of protest will
place overwhelming demands on the
police."
Last night, Minneapolis Police Chief
John Laux declined to comment On
the proposals.
Council members said they would,
explore other measures, such as set -
ting fines for violation of clinic -ac-
cess laws and making obstruction :or'
a clinic a civil rights violation. .
Mayor Dnna�po trld the aqret p
}hat he strongly supoorted its etim,s,.
also present at the conference,,,41d;
outside City Hall, were coupgil i
members Joan Niemiec, Carol Jghp -
son and Pat Scott.
"i„belifve thpt we're going to see a
twofold attacby Operation Rescue,
at the abortion clinics and at the
homes of doctors and staff," saidle •
Rasmussen, executive director!
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The battle lines were drawn, a prospective abortion clinic patient was"
stirrounded by bodyguards, and abortion foes circled, shouting, "Don't kill
your baby!"
During Saturday's role - playing session, escorts held their elbows locked
together as they walked a patient toward the door, and protesters pushed'
and shoved, yelled and screamed — then burst into laughter.
About 350 people attended the workshop, designed to train volunteers who1 .
will assist clinics this summer while Operation Rescue National stages its'=;±
Twin Cities campaign against abortion. The workshop, sponsored by thew •
Network to Ensure Access, a coali i,
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Abortion/ Similar plans
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Midwest Health Center for Women
in Minneapolis.
Most of the measures proposed yes-
terday would only affect Minneapo-
lis. Ann M. O'Loughlin, a Planned
Parenthood lobbyist who spoke at
the conference, said that other cities
should consider adopting similar
strategies.
Over the past several years, the Rob -
binsdale Clinic has been the site .of
numerous protests and the target of
at least two bombing attempts. Last
month, the Rev. Keith Tucci, Opera-
tion Rescue director, held a prayer
vigil near the clinic.
In March, Operation Rescue an-
nounced plans to train protesters in
the Twin Cities from June 14 to Sept.
3, with protests set for July in the
Twin Cities and elsewhere.
During past mass protests, the group
often has blocked access to clinics.
Many protesters, includi,3g Tucci,
have been arrested.
On Saturday, training began for
about 350 Twin Cities volunteers
who will escort patients or staff
members into clinics and serve as
legal observers this summer. The
workshop was sponsored by the Net-
work to Ensure Access, a coalition of
abortion rights groups.
"Operation FjPS n act of vio-
lence directed towards women 7as-
mussen said. "It we can ward these
people off', Minneapolis could be r
their Waterloo."
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MEMORANDUM
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: NILE KRIESEL
DATE: JUNE 18, 1993
SUBJECT: STREET PROJECTS
I would strongly recommend that the City Council amend the
1993 Public Works Department budget for street patching
and sealcoating projects. The City has not had any
sealcoat projects for three to four years and I believe it
is necessary to add some streets to the list of projects
formerly given to the City council in order to better
preserve the streets and to reduce future maintenance
costs. Also, there are four to five intersections in the
Croixwood subdivision that need to be re- constructed.
The total cost of the proposed sealcoating and
intersection re- construction would be $144,000. The
present budget amount is $84,000. Therefore, a budget
increase of $50,000 is needed. Given the past history of
the City's actual expenditures versus budgeted
expenditures and the consistent increase in fund balances,
I would project the City would still stay within the
overall City budget.
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