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the Landfill on the gravel mining area of the City. HKGi's report, the North Highway 169 Land <br />Use Study, dated November 10, 2008, identified a number of potential impacts related to an <br />expansion of the Landfill and suggested land use, transportation and aesthetic strategies for <br />addressing these impacts. <br />21. Following receipt of the Application to expand the Landfill, the City retained <br />HKGi to take a closer look at the immediate area which would be potentially impacted by a <br />Landfill expansion and to analyze the potential financial and fiscal impacts on the City of an <br />expansion of the Landfill. HKGi's report on these issues is dated June 2, 2009, and was <br />subsequently updated on June 15, 2009. (The HKGi November 10, 2008, June 6, 2009 and June <br />15, 2009 reports are hereafter collectively referred to as the "HKGi reports".) <br />22. The HKGi reports project potential significant impacts of Landfill expansion on <br />economic development in this area of the City and on future tax revenues generated from the <br />SDA and the surrounding area. <br />23. ERL, WMI, Tiller and their consultants have strongly contested the methodology <br />and findings of the HKGi reports, and the City Council has listened to and carefully considered <br />the evidence and testimony presented by the applicants and their consultants. The City Council <br />also recognizes the inherent difficulty in attempting to project the potential impacts of a current <br />land use on future development which may or may not occur decades from now. <br />24. The City Council recognizes that there are positive economic impacts to the City <br />while operations at the Landfill are on-going, including the host fees which the City collects <br />from the Landfill and the business which ERL does with local residents and businesses. These <br />economic benefits to the City will be extended if the Landfill expands. <br />7 <br />