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and non-recyclable paper. In 2013, the Ramsey County Board authorized adding SSO drop-off <br />collection areas at the seven Ramsey County yard waste sites, including the Arden Hills site. <br />These County-managed sites will act as a bridge until residential curbside organics collection <br />becomes more viable. Collection of SSO at the sites would begin in the spring of 2014 if <br />approved. <br /> <br />The existing yard waste collection area in Arden Hills occupies approximately 1.5 acres of land <br />in Tony Schmidt Regional Park at the end of Hudson Avenue off of New Brighton Road <br />(Attachment B). The SSO collection area would be located on the eastern side of the site, away <br />from the yard waste facilities (Attachment D). A covered container, or roll-off box, would be <br />used for collecting SSO materials to reduce odors and the potential for attracting animals. <br />Residents would be required to bag their organics in compostable bags, which will be provided <br />by Ramsey County at no cost in 2014 and 2015. The County will be contracting with a private <br />hauler to regularly remove the SSO materials to a permitted organic processing facility. <br /> <br />The Arden Hills collection area is an approved permit-by-rule site with the Minnesota Pollution <br />Control Agency (MPCA). Ramsey County will be submitting an application for the new SSO <br />drop-off station permit-by-rule requirement, which will become an amendment to the existing <br />permit. In 2000, the County improved the surface water treatment on the site by installing a <br />stormwater retention pond. Ramsey County Environmental Services administers state and local <br />stormwater permit maintenance and reporting requirements for this facility. <br /> <br />A detailed project narrative was submitted by Ramsey County and is included in Attachment A. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Surrounding Area <br />Direction Future Land Use Plan Zoning Existing Land Use <br />R-2 Single & Two Family <br />North Parks and Open Space Parks and Open Space <br />Residential <br /> <br />R-2 Single & Two Family <br />South Low Density Residential Single Family Detached <br />Residential <br /> <br />Parks and Open Space, Low R-1 Single Family Parks and Open Space, <br />East <br />Density Residential Residential Single Family Detached <br /> <br /> I-1 Light Industrial, Light Industrial, Single <br />Light Industrial, Low Density <br />West R-1 Single Family Residential Family Detached <br />Residential (New Brighton) <br /> (New Brighton) (New Brighton) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for February 5, 2014 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2014\PC 14-008 - Ramsey County - CUP Yard Waste & Organics Site\Memos_14-008 <br /> <br />26 <br />Page of <br />