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23. ERL, WMI, Tiller and their consultants have strongly contested the methodology and findings of the HKGi reports, and the City Council has listened to and carefully considered the evidence and testimony presented by the applicants and their consultants. The City Council also recognizes the inherent difficulty in attempting to project the potential impacts of a current land use on future development which may or may not occur decades from now. 24. However, it is the conclusion of the City Council that an expansion of the Landfill will inevitably have a long term negative impact on economic development within and tax revenue generated by at least a portion of the North Highway 10 area of the City, in particular the SDA and the area immediately surrounding the SDA. Given the importance of this area to the future of the City, the City Council cannot ignore these impacts. 25. The City Council has also considered potential impacts of the Landfill expansion on the Economic Development Strategic Plan prepared by the Elk River Economic Development Authority and the Elk River Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Expansion of the Landfill could have a negative impact on the following goals in that plan: • To diversify the commercial/industrial tax base of the City to strive for higher quality developments including professional services, corporate campuses, energy related and technology businesses; • To preserve high priority commercial areas for development; To identify and project a higher image and vision for the City that enables the City to successfully recruit and retain the desired commercial/industrial development identified above. 26. The City Council finds that an additional expansion of the Landfill, beyond that approved in 1997 by the City and in 1998 by Livonia Township, is not consistent with the City's policies and goals as reflected in the City's Comprehensive Plan and the work of the its Economic 9