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Landfill Expansion Study August 7, 2008 Page 2 1. Base Mapping The CONSULTANT will create a series of base maps to use as a tool for illustrating concepts and recommendations. The CLIENT will provide the CONSULTANT with parcel data, shape files, aerial photography and other data needed to complete this mapping. 2. Data Review The CONSULTANT will review existing plans that influence future land use, including landfill expansion proposal, information and agreements related to termination of gravel mining operations, expansion of municipal utility systems to serve the gravel mining area, street improvements and future alignments, stormwater management, and parks/open space. Information will be provided by City Staff. 3. Initial Organizational Meeting The CONSULTANT will meet with City staff in Elk River. The purpose of the meeting will be to review the details of the expansion proposal, discuss questions stemming from the data review in Task 2, and set the calendar for meetings and the distribution of documents. In conjunction with this meeting the CONSULTANT will visit the site to observe and record existing conditions. 4. Future Land Use Scenarios The CONSULTANT will create a series of not more than five broad future land use scenarios for the gravel mining area. The scenarios will depict land use patterns with combinations of industrial, office, commercial and residential uses. The scenarios will not be detailed development plans, but broad concepts that depict the type, amount and inter-relationships of future land uses. S. Utilities Analysis If information exists, the CONSULTANT will conduct preliminary analysis of financing sanitary sewer and water system improvements needed to undertake the development scenarios. The CONSULTANT will use this information to comment on the land use implications of the capacity and cost of municipal utility improvements. 6. Scenario Assessment The CONSULTANT will conduct an assessment of each of the future land use scenarios. The assessment will be based on our understanding of Elk River and past experience with community planning and land development. The assessment will include: • Opportunities and constraints for achieving the development depicted by the land use scenarios. • Estimated timing of future development. • Implications of the landfill expansion on future development. • Options for establishing and maintaining meaningful buffers between the landfill and future development. • Deficiencies in the relationship between the landfill and existing land use and options for correcting these deficiencies. 7. Reporting