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31. The City Council is also concerned about the potential environmental impacts related to d1e operation of an expanded landfill over the next 20 years and the potential environmental unpacts related to a significantly expanded landfill footprint following closure of the landfill. The City Council recognizes that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has completed an Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed expansion of the Landfill, but notes that there are environmental unpacts and risks inherent in this land use which cannot be mitigated other than by limiting the expansion of the Landfill. 32. The City Council has reviewed and carefully considered, along with all other materials submitted by ERL, the Voith Report. As set fords above, the Council recognizes the potential for some positive economic unpacts related to the Landfill. However, the council finds that: The Voith Report overstates the potential positive economic unpacts of the Landfill, for the reasons set forth in the September 8, 2009 Memorandum from the City Administrator, which are uicorporated in these r'indings of Fact; • The potential for positive economic impacts is only one of many criteria and considerations to be weighed in making a decision to amend the City's Comprehensive Plan; and The City Council does not agree that a present value economic analysis of any proposed use should be a determining factor in making a land use decision. 33. The City Council has considered and appreciates the efforts of ERL to mitigate the negative impacts of a landfill expansion, particularly on the important Highway 169/22151 Avenue interchange, by reducing the size of the proposed expansion in the revised proposal and by making an additional 20 acres of land available for potential development at the Interchange. However, the S:\Resolurions\Resolulic~n_Denhuig Application_for_Comp_Plan_tlmend_and_Rezonuig 2.DOC