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• These plans and reports anticipate a final elevation of 1100 MSL. The list of identified plans and reports does not contain the Long-Term Development Plan, which proposed a potential final elevation 1170 MSL. Thus, it is the City's position that the current License and CUP approve a final elevation of 1100 MSL and the proposed final elevation of 1170 now requires review and approval by the City through a License and CUP amendment process. City staff is very concerned that an increase in the final elevation of the landfill by 70 feet could, among other impacts: • Have a negative impact on normal land use development and on property values in the local area. • Be inconsistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan which contains a final elevation of 1100 MSL for the area, as well as with the Environmental Impact Statement on mineral exploration, which also contained a final elevation of 1100 MSL. • Limit the ability to screen the landfill from view through use of trees. • Impair the aesthetics of the view of the skyline from many locations in the City, in particular from nearby parks. • Exacerbate existing operational • problems related to blowing dust and litter. • These are issues related to public health, safety and to welfare and consistency with the City's Comprehensive Plan that the City is entitled and obligated to address as part of the amendment process. In your letter, you indicated a willingness to discuss alternative development plans. It is my belief that it would be useful to have such discussions prior to presentation of this item to the Planning Commission, and I suggest that we meet very soon to determine if we can resolve these issues prior to development of a staff recommendation on the matter. If you would like to meet, please contact me at 441-4904 at your earliest convenience. Sincerely, 4 • y Stephen Rohlf Building and Zoning Administrator •