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Council finds that the Plan revisions do not outweigh the negative unpacts of the proposed expansion, or change the Findings of Fact set forth in this Resolution. 34. It is the City Council's conclusion, from all of the evidence submitted and the testimony taken, that: (1) An expansion of the Landfill will prolong the negative short term unpacts of the Landfill on the City and will inevitably have a long term negative unpact on the tax base generated from this area of the City; (2) This area of the City is planned to generate the tax base that will support the financial viability of the balance of the City indefinitely; (3) Given the importance of this area to the future of the City, the potential benefits of a Landfill expansion are outweighed by the negative economic, environmental and land use unpacts of an expansion; and (4) An amendment of the Land Use Map Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan to expand the area of the City designated for Landfill into the SDA is inconsistent with the policies and goals of the City's Comprehensive Plan and would not be in the best interest of the City, its residents and its taxpayers. DECISION ON LAND USE AMENDMENT THEREFORE, the City Council of tlne City of Elk River makes the following Decision with respect to the Application to amend dne Comprehensive Plan of the City of Ella River to redesignate the SDA from Mining to Landfill: A. All of the reports and materials prepared by City Staff and City Consultants, as well as the Findings of Fact and Recitals set forth in this Resolution, are hereby adopted and incorporated within the City Council's Decision on this matter. S:\Resolutions\12esoluli~i7_DenyinprApplication_fox_Coinp_Plan_Amend_and_Rezorung 2DOC