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Presenting Episode 2 of X TV, featuring the threat of a hazardous waste facility in residential Northeast Minneapolis:

Behind the Scenes:

Karnak Gallery & Studio LLC, X Revolution members Zander Figueroa, Norell Figueroa, and Oliver Kriston were on the scene at Minneapolis City Hall on Thursday, June 9th, 2011.

    The City Council held a short noticed meeting in Room 317 regarding a current project, in which the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County is trying to implement a hazardous waste facility under the disguise of a recycling facility in a residential neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis.

         We observed from the outside while the City defended their plan to place a hazardous waste facility in a residential area of Northeast Minneapolis.

  The transparencies of the waste facility project have outraged many long-term residents of the area in Northeast Minneapolis, in which the facility would be established, and has even stretched beyond, with some Minnesotans traveling over two hours for this hearing.

  We were able to capture some footage of what some of the community had to say:

          Faegre & Benson attorney and community organizer, Jacob Frey, approached City Council with his perspective on the City's plan to implement a waste management facility in residential Northeast Minneapolis:

   Some very passionate members of the community are taking a stand. They're proclaiming DDONE!

http://ddone.org/

Don't Dump On Northeast was formed by concerned members of the community in efforts to protect the life and environment they love.

   Taken from their website:

"Don't Dump on Northeast is a grassroots group of concernered citizens who value the life we live in Northeast Minneapolis. We are home owners and renters who choose to live here because NE offers a small town feel right in the inner city. We are families, couples and single people with kids and without. Many of us grew up here, lots of us have lived here for decades, and some are newcomers. We enjoy the growing art community and the wide range of entertainment and restaurants—all within walking distances for most of us. We also love the rich ethnic history of Northeast Minneapolis. We see the future of NE and we believe the best is yet to come...but that does not include a toxic hazardous waste/debris/garbage site!

We do, however, believe in local small businesses and local jobs, and we are proud to have the support of several local businesses and we return the favor by shopping locally whenever possible."

   We attended the meeting, despite the short notice, to try and get a better idea of what is going on. The lines are a bit fuzzy, as the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County has not provided much clarity or logic in their plans for the project.

   The problem:

"The City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County have been searching for an additional hazardous waste drop-off site since 2006. The City has also wanted to shut down and relocate their debris dump site in South Minneapolis near 28th and Hiawatha. They also need a place to temporarily store all regular garbage when the downtown burner breaks down.

In the spring of 2010, the City decided that the ideal place to locate all of these functions was a former factory at 340-27th Ave NE, at the corner of 27th and University Avenues NE."

From what we had gathered, coming into the meeting and hearing both sides of the story, the City is trying to establish the hazardous waste facility in an under the table, hush-hush manner. After Minneapolis residents made it loud and clear that they would not stand for such atrocities, the City has shuffled their plan for the waste management facility, professing claims that it would actually serve as a recycling facility.

The facility would indeed incorporate some recycling; however, as Faegre & Benson attorney and local community organizer, Jacob Frey, put it:

"You cannot take a Brothel and name it a Hotel because some people just happen to stay the night and enjoy the continental breakfast in the morning." 

A waste facility, no matter if they make an effort to recycle here and there, is still a waste facility. In the City of Minneapolis's efforts to disguise the hazardous waste facility as something other than what it is, there are a number of ordinances which are very blatantly being violated.

We had the privilege of speaking with some passionate DDONE Northeast Minneapolis members and supporters. 

     We would like to give a special thanks to the passionate members of DDONE, Northeast Minneapolis community members, Marie Zellar, Hanza Farah, Michael Weston, AnnMarie Cosgrove, Craig Kruse, as well as attorney and community organizer, Jacob Frey. 

After the meeting, Oliver Kriston, Zander & Norell traveled to the part of Northeast Minneapolis where the hazardous waste facility is threatening to be established.

We were lucky enough to catch another passionate member of the community, Michael Gacek, who shared some words with us regarding the project. 

Please stay tuned for more details and to find out more about how you can help, contact DDONE:

For general questions, contact any of the people listed below.

For "Don't Dump On Northeast" signs, contact Craig Kruse at612.781.8641.

To discuss fundraising, contact Sandi at 612.706.0651.

To help Door Knock (help get names on our petition), call Marie Zellar at 612.730.3389