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City Council Miriut~s August 17, 2009 Page 2 5.~. Re uest b Elk River Communi A enc for Adna:~ni.stradve Subdivision b Sim le Plat jBaldwin Family Farm Additzon~, Case No_P 0~-03 - I'ublrc H'ea~r~~ Mr. Barnhart presented the staff report. Mayor T~Iin.zing opened the public hearing, There being no one to speak to this issue, Mayor 1~linzing continued the public hearing to September 2~, 2449. MOVED BY COUNC~LMEMBER wESTG.A.ARD AND SECONDED BY COUNC~LMEMBER MOTZN TG CONTrNUE THE PUBLIC HEARrNG FOR CASE NO. P 09-03 TO SEPTEMBER 21, 2049, MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 5.2. Re nest b Elk River Landfill Znc. for Land Use Amendment to Chan e the Land use of Certain Pro er fxom Minin to Landfill Public Heatr~ Continued from ul G -~ Case No. LU 09-0~ 5.3. Re nest b Elk River Landfill xnc. for Rezonin to Chan e the Zonin from A~ A icultural Conservation to SwF Surface waste Facili Public h~ea~r~z Continued from ul G - Case No. ZC 09-01 Ms. Johnson presented the staff report for these two items. She stated the EIk River Landfill requested a special worksession but city staff noted these items were in the middle of a public hearing and didn't feel it was appropriate to meet with the landfill until that hearing was closed. She stated the landfill asked fox additional time in order to present addid.onal information from the EJk River Landfdl but that city staff hadn't received any information until this afternoon and didn't have time to analyze it prior to this meeting. She stated that on numerous occasions, city staff has been trying to schedule meetings with the landfill without response. Mayor i~Jinzing re-opened the public hearing. Wayne Hanson, Director of Generation for Great River Energy spoke in favor of the resolutions before Council. He stated the continued operation of the landfill is important. John Keallas, representing ~ilaste Management -Stated there was a large gap between the landfill and the city's reports and he'd like to submit a report by Economist Richard Voith. He stated Dr. ~'oith could be available to attend a future Council meeting. He reviewed conceptual images for commercial property and screening that were different from their original proposal based on feedback they received at the last meeting. Mr. Keallas suggested creating an eco development that could be supplied by certain types of energy produced from the landfill. He stated he would like to meet with staff in two weeks and then witla Council at their next workshop meeting in four weeks. He apologized for getting the information to Cauncil so late. There being no one else to speak to this issue, Mayor ~~linzing closed the public hearing for both of these items. Councilmember Westgaard stated it is too difficult to make a decision when Council hasn't had time to review the new information provided. Mr. Beck stated the timeframe to act on this request due to the amount of new Iasi minute information provided, the staff time needed to review the data, and to make a presentation, to Council at a worksession would be very fight and would only give the° Council a week to act on the information presented to them. He suggested a condition to the landfill for