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and industrial development in this area is intended to support the f~.nancial viability of residential de~relopment tl~raugllout the Cit~r b~T ~nal~ira.g it possible to maintain. mu~~icipal ser~Tices without increasing taxes. Although this is vei~~ long range plan~ir~.g, and tla.ere are not fret timetables for extending public utilities into this area to ser~Te those future uses, this is t11e vision of the Comprehensive Plan and the Cit~T Council for tl~.s area of tl.~e City. Tl~e SDA is also located adjacent to the future Higl~wa~T 1G9/221.5~ A~renue Interchange, wl~.ch has great potential for future comineicial/industrial development, 20. The 2004 Comprehensive Plan was prepared with ~.Ze assistance of the planning f~rrn of Hoisington I~.oegler Group, Inc.~HKGi}. In anticipation. of tl~.e proposed e~pansio~. of tlae Landfill tlae Cit~r retained HI~Gi to tape a closer loop at tl~e potential impacts of an expansion of the Landf~l on the gravel mining area of tl~e Cit~r. HI~Gi's report, the North Highway 1 G9 Land LTSe Studer, dated No~re~nber I0, 200$, identified a number of potential impacts related to an expansion of the Landfill and suggested land use, transportation and aesthetic stfategies for addressing these ~npacts, 2l , Followi~~g receipt of tlae Application to expand the Landfill, the City retained HI~Gi to tape a closer loop at the immediate area which would be potentially impacted by a Landfill. expansion and to analyse t11e potential financial and f scat impacts on the City of ah expansion of the Landfill. HI~Gi's report on tl~.ese issues is dated June 2, 2009, was subsequently updated o~1 June 15, 2009, and was updated again on September $, 2009, following submission by ERL of its re~ri5ed plan for expansion of the Landfill., The HKGi No~reznber l0, 2aos, June G, 2009, June 15, 2009 and September $, 2009 reports are 1lereafter collecti~Tely referred to as the "HI~.Gi reports".} 22. The HI~Gi reports project potential significant :~~.~pacts of Landfill expansion on economic development i.n tl~.s area of the Cit~r and on future tax re~renues generated from tl~e SDA and the surrounding area. S;~Resolu~ians~Resalut~an,~De~l}Ting._.s~lppJ~cationwfar_Com~_Plan_Amend_and_Reza~ung Z.DOC