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Planning Commission Minutes <br />June 23, 2009 <br />Page 3 <br />technology is available to remediate landfills and as quickly as technology changes he urged <br />the commission to understand the landfill doesn't have to be forever. <br />Mr. Beck explained that the Comprehensive Plan does not anticipate the landfill expansion <br />but amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are contemplated and it is not out of the <br />ordinary to amend the Plan. He added that the amendment should not be undertaken lightly <br />but should not be dismissed. He stated that the burden of the Planning Commission and <br />City Council is to evaluate the proposed amendment against the Comprehensive Plan and <br />the best interest of the city. <br />Commissioner Lemke questioned if other approval steps will exist if the Comprehensive <br />Plan Amendment is approved tonight. Mr. Beck explained that the decision whether or not <br />to approve the Comprehensive Plan Amendment is the decision whether or not to allow the <br />landfill expansion. He added that if the Comprehensive Plan amendment is approved it <br />would be unreasonable to deny the request for rezoning. He further explained that based on <br />the city's experience with the landfill, there is every expectation that if we get to the <br />Conditional Use Permit process the landfill would produce an application that deserves <br />approval. <br />MOVED BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF <br />THE REQUEST BY ELK RIVER LANDFILL, INC. FOR LAND USE <br />AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY <br />FROM MINING TO LANDFILL, CASE NO. LU 09-01. Motion failed due to lack of a <br />second. <br />MOVED BY COMMISSIONER IVES AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />STAUL TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BY ELK RIVER <br />LANDFILL, INC. FOR LAND USE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND <br />USE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM MINING TO LANDFILL, CASE NO. LU <br />09-01. MOTION FAILED 2-4. Coinuussioners Anderson, Lemke, Westberg, and Scott <br />opposed. <br />MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LEMKE AND SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER ANDERSON TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE <br />REQUEST BY ELK RIVER LANDFILL, INC. FOR LAND USE AMENDMENT <br />TO CHANGE THE LAND USE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM MINING TO <br />LANDFILL, CASE NO. LU 09-O1. MOTION CARRIED 4-2. Commissioners Ives and <br />Staul opposed. <br />3.2. Re uest b Elk River Landfill Inc. for Rezonin to Chan e the Zonin from Al <br />Agricultural Conservation (Mineral Excavation) to Al SWFLAgricultural Conservation <br />ISohd Waste Facility)- Case No ZC 09 01 <br />MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LEMKE AND SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER ANDERSON TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE <br />REQUEST BY ELK RIVER LANDFILL, INC. FOR REZONING TO CHANGE <br />THE ZONING FROM A1(ME) AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION <br />(MINERAL EXCAVATION) TO A1(SWF), AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION <br />(SOLID WASTE FACILITY), CASE NO. ZC 09-01. MOTION CARRIED 4-2. <br />Commissioners Ives and Staul opposed. <br />