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New, THEREFORE, the City Council. of the City of Ells Rive: ~nal~es the following <br />Find~.gs of Fact and Decision wit11 iespect to tlae Application of ERL, ~Mx, and Tilley. fog a <br />comp~el~ensive pla~~ ainend~nent and iezoning of tl~e SDA to allow expansion of the Landfill: <br />FINDINGS GF FACT <br />1. Tlae Landfill was fist approved to opefate on 40 aces of land in ~ 97 ~ and fist <br />pe~~l~itted by d1e Nlit~nesota Pollution Control Agency in 1972. <br />2. The Landfill eras granted its fi~•st appfo~rals and pex:mits by the City of Ells Ri~re~ <br />puisuant to tine Cry's Solid Taste Facilities D~dinance in 198$. <br />3. Zn 1997, tl~e City gianted app.~oval fog the Landfill to expand tl~e area approved fo~~ <br />Mixed Solid waste ~~5~~ disposal ffotn its original 40 aces to the cut~ent 93Wac~e footprint. <br />4. ~~ 19SS, tl~.e Landfill ~ecei~red app~o~ral from Livonia Township to expand die area <br />app~o~red fof construction and demolition debfis disposal ~C & D} to a total pe~~r~.tted footp~i~at of <br />75 acres. <br />5. The Mixed Solid Taste and Cansttuction and Deinolitfon Debris operations at the <br />Landfill thetefo~e cu~~ently cove~:168 acies. <br />G. The Application originally p~•oposed the development of additional M5~1' disposal <br />space on 8.G acres on the soutl.~e~n most portions of existing Landfill prope~t~r and on G0,2 acres of <br />tl~.e SDA, an increase ~ the l1~IS~1 disposal area with the Landfill from floe existitlg 93 acres to a <br />total of 162 acres, or an expansion of approximately ~5 percent. <br />7. As reprised, the Application proposes a~a increase ~ the MSS disposal area withi~r~. the <br />Landfill of 49.3 ages, an. expansion of over 50%, <br />8. Total I1~5~1 and C & D disposal areas at floe Landfill would be approRifnately 217 <br />acres if tl~e Application is app.~oved. <br />S.~Resalu~ions1R~50~L1~()17._Den~~in~Ap~lica~ion~fa~~Comp_~'lan_Amend_and_R~zoi~it~g 2.DOC <br />