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Waste, and could discourage the type of high quality commercial/industrial development which the City is seeking for the important area of the City immediately surrounding the SDA, including the critical area around the future interchange at Highway 169 and 221St Avenue. 29. The City Council recognizes that there are some positive economic impacts related to the Landfill, including the host fees which the City collects from the Landfill and the business which ERL does with local residents and businesses. However, these are short term economic benefits which will end once the Landfill closes. At that point, the portion of the SDA filled with MSW will generate virtually no revenue to the City, and tax revenues generated from the immediate surrounding area will be negatively impacted to some degree. 30. The City Council finds that the Landfill also has non-economic negative impacts on the City and on surrounding residential uses while it is open, including litter on Highway 169 and other public streets from trucks moving to and from the Landfill, the truck traffic itself, road maintenance impacts, noise and odor. Although ERL and WMI have been excellent corporate citizens and have made every effort to mitigate these impacts, they are not capable of being fully mitigated until the Landfill is closed. Expanding the size and extending the life of the Landfill will prolong the period of time that the City and surrounding residents must endure these impacts. 31. It is the City Council's conclusion, from all of the evidence submitted and the testimony taken, that: (1) An expansion of the Landfill will prolong the negative short term impacts of the Landfill on the City and will inevitably have some long term negative impact on the tax base generated from this area of the City; 9