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RESOLUTION NO. 11- <br />City Council <br />City of Elk River <br />A Resolution Approving the Application of Elk River Landfill, Inc. <br />for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />to Allow Expansion of the Elk River Landfill <br />WHEREAS, Elk River Landfill, Inc. (ERL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Waste <br />Management, Inc. (WMI), is the owner and operator of the Elk River Landfill (Landfill); and <br />WHEREAS, Capital Land Group, a land holding company for Tiller Corporation (Tiller), <br />is the owner of an approximately 109-acre parcel of land located immediately south of the <br />existing Landfill (Tiller Property); and <br />WHEREAS, ERL and Tiller submitted a land use application in 2009 (2009 Application) <br />to the City requesting an amendment to the City's 2004 Comprehensive Plan to amend the Land <br />Use Map Element of the Comprehensive Plan to change the land use designation of the 109-acre <br />Tiller Property from "Mining" to "Landfill," an amendment to the City of Elk River Zoning Map <br />to rezone the 109-acre Tiller Property from A-1(ME), Agricultural Conservation (Mineral <br />Excavation), to A-1(SWF), Agricultural Conservation (Solid Waste Facility) and a Conditional <br />Use Permit and Solid Waste Facilities License to allow expansion of the Landfill onto the 109- <br />acre Tiller Property; and <br />WHEREAS, the 2009 Application was considered by the Elk River Planning <br />Commission and the Elk River City Council and denied by the City Council on September 21, <br />2009; and <br />WHEREAS, WMI and Tiller subsequently applied, on June 27, 2011 (2011 Application), <br />for a smaller expansion of the Landfill, requesting: <br />