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______________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for July 5, 2017 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-015 - Ramsey County - Organics and Yard Waste Collection Site – Tony <br />Schmidt Park\Memos_Reports_17-015 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 8 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: July 5, 2017 PC Agenda Item 3.C <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission <br /> <br />FROM: Matthew Bachler, Senior Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #17-015 - Public Hearing Required <br /> Applicant: St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health Department <br /> Property Location: 1761 Lake Johanna Boulevard <br /> Request: Conditional Use Permit – Yard Waste and Source Separated Organics <br />Collection Area <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />The St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health Department has requested a Conditional Use Permit <br />to continue the operation of their existing yard waste collection area and for the addition of a <br />Source Separated Organics (SSO) drop-off at the Arden Hills yard waste site, located within <br />Tony Schmidt Regional Park at 1761 Lake Johanna Boulevard. <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills first began collecting grass clippings, leaves, and garden waste at Tony <br />Schmidt Regional Park in 1984 through an agreement with Ramsey County. The County Public <br />Health Department took over management of the site in 1990. In 2004, the County Board <br />approved the expansion of collection services to include trees and shrubs. The composting of <br />yard waste collected at the Arden Hills site is completed off-site and finished compost is made <br />available to County residents each spring. Between 2011 and 2015, the average number of <br />annual visits to the Arden Hills site was 51,110. <br /> <br />In 2013, the Ramsey County Board authorized the addition of Source Separated Organics (SSO) <br />collection at all seven of the County’s yard waste sites, including the Arden Hills site. SSO <br />materials include food waste and non-recyclable paper. The purpose of providing SSO collection <br />is to help County residents divert organic materials from the waste stream and put this material to <br />a productive use as a compost product.