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Elk River Landfill, Inc. 22460 HWY 169 NW Elk River, MN 55330 Phone: 763-441-2464 Fax: 763-441-2025 To: Lori Johnson -City of Elk River Rebecca Hauq -City of Elk River FROM: Deb Walters and John Kellas DATE: 01/07/2009 RE: Elk River Landfill /North Highway 169 Land Use Study We have reviewed the North Highway 169 Land Use Study and would like to discuss several aspects of this study. The intent of our meeting with the City is to give the Council a sense of the type of information that is important to understand as they consider the upcoming landfill expansion application. Positive Economic Impact of Elk River Landfill Expansion The current landfill provides several positive economic impacts to the city. These positive economic impacts will continue with the expansion of the landfill. • The landfill expansion will generate approximately $1,000,000 in annual city fees through 2030. The annual landfill fees account for nearly 10% of the city's budget while demanding virtually no municipal services. • The current landfill generates $145,000 in annual property taxes (2008). • The landfill provides nearly $1,000,000 in employee wages per year. • The landfill contributes approximately $2 million annually to Sherburne County. A portion of this money goes to the Landfill Legacy Grant, from which the City of Elk River obtained a $1.4 million grant in 2008 for the YMCA. • Over the past five years, the landfill has spent $13.9 million (or $2.7 million per year) supporting local businesses. • In 2008, the landfill contributed $50,000 in local charitable donations. The landfill expansion area provides several layers of revenue overtime for the city associated with commercial property taxes, gravel mining taxes, landfill property taxes, landfill fees, green power, and the end use of the property when capped. Expanded landfill activities are anticipated to be completed by the year 2033 (based on 450,000 tons per year with an annual increase of 2% per year). According to the North Highway 169 Land Use Study, the city anticipates that development will not reach the vicinity of the landfill expansion area until 2030. The anticipated timing of the city providing infrastructure to the area perfectly coincides with the anticipated completion of landfill activities.