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SECURITY REASONS AS WELL AS APPEARANCE, HE STATED THAT THE PREVAILING WINDS ARE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WILL BRING THE ODORS FROM THE LANDFILL INTO THEIR COMPLEX. THE COMMISSIONERS DISPUTED THIS STATEMENT, FEELING THAT THE PREVAILING WINDS ARE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SUPERINTENDENT MCKENZIE FURTHER NOTED THERE IS A^PROPOSED TRAIN- ING STATION FOR THEIR STAFF WHICH WILL BE RIGHT ON THE PERIMETER OF THE COMPLEX NEXT TO THE LANDFILL, WHICH "ROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE PLANNING STAGES SINCE THE INSTITUTION WAS DESIGNED. HE SPOKE OF THEIR AUXILIARY WELL AND WATER SUPPLY AND NOTED THERE ARE 25 FAMILIES LIVING IN THE TRAILER PARK TO THE REAR OF THE INSTITUTION. SUPERINTENDENT MCKENZIE NEXT SPOKE OF THEIR SECURITY SYSTEM, PART OF WHICH IS UNDERGROUND AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE, AND NOTED THEY ARE CON- CERNED WITH THE AFFECT HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND VIRBRATIONS MAY HAVE ON IT. HE POINTED OUT THAT THUNDER AND SONIC BOOMS HAVE AFFECTED IT. HE CONTINUED THAT 1/3 OF THEIR SECURITY SYSTEM IS INFRA -RED BEAMS AND INSIDE THE COMPLEX THEY HAVE TWO INFRA -RED BEAMS THAT SCAN OVER 2001. EVERY TIME THE BEAM IS BROKEN BY A BIRD, PIECE OF PAPER, OR ANY SUrm THING, THERE IS A FALSE ALARM INDICATING AN ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. HE SPECULATED THAT THE INMATES COULD THROW BREAD CRUMBS UP ON THE BUILDINGS TO ATTRACT THE BIRDS FROM THE LANDFILL IN AN EFFORT TO ESCAPE. THE SUPERINTENDENT PLED FOR THE BOARD'S RECONSIDERATION OF THE LOCATION OF THE LANDFILL. CHAIRMAN WODTKE THANKED THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HIS PRESENTATION AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE COUNTY HAS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO PROCEED AT THIS LOCATION BECAUSE OF FAA REQUIREMENTS AND TIME SCHEDULE. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED ENGINEER BEINDORF TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE LANDFILL RESTRICTIONS, LAY- OUT, ETC, TO SUPERINTENDENT MCKENZIE. ENGINEER BEINDORF POINTED OUT THAT THE LANDFILL MUST SET BACK A MINIMUM OF 2001 FROM ANY PROPERTY LINES AND FELT AS THE CONSULTANTS STUDY THE SITUATION, THEY WILL PROBABLY INCORPORATE EVEN MORE OF A SETBACK, HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE LANDFILL MUST BE 1,000 FEET AWAY FROM ANY PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY. MR. BEINDORF CONTINUED THAT THE ENGINEERS HAVE FINISHED ALL THE FIELDWORK THAT IS PRESENTLY BEING CONTEMPLATED, AND THE DESIGN WILL BE SENT TO THE DER. A PUBLIC HEARING WILL THEN BE HELD, AND THE PLANS CAN BE SCRUTINIZED VERY CAREFULLY AT THAT TIME. ENGINEER BEINDORF RECOMMENDED THAT ALL THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TODAY BY SUPERINTENDENT MCKENZIE BE PASSED ON TO OUR RESOURCE RECOVERY CONSULTANTS. 0 o., 51 eoc� 23 A .403 J