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City Council M.nutes Page 4 September ~4, 2009 Mr. I~ellas stated that the 7C~ acres includes the landfill footprint, buffer, berms, ponds, and goads. Councilamember Zerwas expressed concern that the landfill is requesting the entire X09 acres be rezoned for the landfill despite 33 acres being proposed as future commercial develapment. His concern is that once the property is rezoned it would not be difficult for the landfill to continue expansion to the south if the commercial development area remains undeveloped. Mr. I~ellas explained that the landfill requires infrastructure around the liner and footprint and they felt it was best to request the entire 109 acres be rezoned to allow for this, He stated that waste Management would be willing to provide the city with legal documentation assuring that the 33 acres will be designated as future commercial development. Deb Walters, waste Management -clarified that the footprint is just the area where tlae waste goes within the landfill. Mr. Beck stated out of the i09 acres the landfill is requesting to be rezoned, 33 acres is for future commercial development and 41 acres is the landfill footprint which leaves 35 acres for the support area. He indicated his understanding is that the bulk o£ the landfill infrastructure will be located witla.i.n those 35 acres. Ms. Stotlz stated that the landfill and the city agreed that the bulk of the infrastructure will be located an the east side of the expansion area and that nothing will be within the 200 foot setback along the westside. Councilmember Zerwas stated that with the recycling and leachate storage it sounds like activity will take place further south than originally anticipated. He expressed concern. Mr, I~ellas indicated that there are no current plans for infrastructure to be located within the commercial development area. He added that since the area will be actively mined the landfill thought locating infrastructure within this area temporarily if necessary would be the best option. Mr. Beck explained that the interim needs within the 33 acre commercial development area could be addressed without including that area in the 109 acre rezoning request. He stated the A~ zoning district with mineral excavation overlay allows most of what the landfill is requesting in that area, He explained that specific temporary activities could be addressed through the conditional use permit. He added that the mineral excavation ordinance may need to be tweaked from tinge to time to address some of tlae interim uses. He believed this would get the landfill what they need during the tame tlae landffll is open and when it closed the Council would be assured the land was going to be developable. Councilmember Motin stated that if the request is approved he would be in favor of rezoning only the 76 acres. He stated he would take it one step further and designate the 33 acre future commercial development as commercial reserve but still allow interim uses. He explained there has not been firm discussion on what the end use of the property is and he believes leaving the property as Al leaves it open as to what the end use will be. Mike Caron, Tiller Corporation -stated they will be Finished mining when tl~e landfill is ready to close, which is approximately 2030,