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6. The footprint of the landfill can never be used for commercial/residential property. The northern expansion of the city will be stunted by the southern expansion of the landfill. Businesses are not going to want to build next to a landfill and the land being used for the SDA expansion is useless to us until after they have capped the site, at the earliest. That is 21 years from now. Arbor Lakes in Maple Grove is an excellent example of prosperous commercial development. The question should be asked, would that development have been built next to a landfill? 7.Our city is providing a dumping site for trash from all over the state. Only 7.01% comes from Sherburne County. 8. How will the berm be developed? If the landfill expands south and they do not plant very large evergreen trees and a deep berm and maintain it well, the landfill will be fully visible as 169 curves just past 2215`. Those commuters driving north will have astraight-on view of the site instead of having to consciously turn your head to left, as it sits now. 9. There were several concerns from the worksession on Monday, September 14t", 2009: - Again, while WM decreased the footprint of the actual dump site, they are still requesting approval for the entire 109 acres. When questioned about the use of the remaining 69 acres (including the 33.1 acres of commercially developable land), WM communicated inconsistent rationale messages: - - At the beginning of the meeting, they stated that they would not be using the 33.1 acres of developable land. They went on to say that they might need to use it for things like forced main, leachate storage tanks, support items, etc. - - Later, they stated that it would be impossible for them to run the dump with only the 76 acres of land and WILL need to use the developable land. - - Waste Management also noted that they would want to possibly put the HHW and recycling center on developable land and/or use it for infrastructure. - - It was made very clear that Waste Management does not have a plan in place for how they intend to use the developable land. They simply made it clear that they want the land. - Waste Management was asked if they were granted the petition for the 109 acres, what is to prevent them from expanding the footprint farther south? WM indicated that they would stipulate to language in the contract that would prevent them from being able to expand farther south. - - However, our understanding is that this may not entirely preclude them from expanding that footprint.