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ATTACHMENT 2 DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF PROPERTY and PROPOSED NEW OR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION The Ramsey County Department of Public Health seeks approval of an Interim Use Permit to develop a portion of County-owned property located adjacent to and east of Kent Street, north of Larpenteur Avenue in Roseville. This property would become the location of a Household Hazardous Waste collection site, for use by residents. The County is requesting the Interim Use Permit for both 1992 and 1993. OVERVIEW Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW) are those unused or unwanted household products which can harm human health or the environment if improperly disposed. Examples of wastes commonly brought to HHW collection sites include paint, oven cleaner, rat poison, weed killer, drain cleaner, old gasoline, paint thinner or stripper, and aerosol spray cans which cannot be emptied. State law requires Ramsey County to have a permanent HHW program in place by June 30, 1992. The program must provide at least quarterly collection of HHW, and have a public education component which focuses on HHW reduction. Ramsey County has already met this mandate. In September of 1991, the County opened a HHW drop-off facility which is open year-round at Dynex Industries, Inc. in Mounds View. Dynex owns and operates this facility pursuant to an agreement with Ramsey County. The County has also developed and is implementing a public education work plan for 1992, in conjunction with the Ramsey County Cooperative Extension Service. The proposed collection site would supplement the main facility in Mounds View by providing more convenient service to residents from Roseville, Saint Paul and other communities. The collection site would occupy an area approximately 150 feet by 100 feet, and consist of a concrete slab covered by a temporary canopy, located adjacent to and east of Kent St., about 325 feet north of the center line for Larpenteur Ave. (see Attachment 1 - Site Plans). The site would be operated by Dynex staff. It would be open on Fridays and Saturdays for up to eight weekends in late summer-fall of 1992, and possibly up to eight weekends each during both spring and fall in 1993. This schedule is based on the assumption that residents are most likely to utilize a HHW collection program during spring--early summer and late summer--fall as part of routine house and garage clean-ups. This collection site for HHW would be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in conformity with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Code of Ordinances. Because of the location of the proposed site--near a cemetery, a correctional facility, and land used by the Ramsey County Public Works Department--it is not anticipated that the Page 1 of 3