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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the CitST of Ells Rivet makes the following <br />Findings of Fact and Decision c~~idi respect to the Application of ERL, WMI, and Tiller for a <br />comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning of the SDA to allow expansion of the Landfill: <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />The Landfill teas first approved to operate on 40 acres of land in 1971 and first <br />permitted by die Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in 1972. <br />2. The Landfill was granted its first approvals and permits by the City of Ella Rivet <br />pursuant to the City's Solid Waste Facilities Ordinance in 1988. <br />In 1997, die City granted approval for the Landfill to expand die area approved for <br />Mixed Solid Waste (MS~X~ disposal from its otigina140 acres to the current 93-acre footprint. <br />4. In 1988, the Landfill received approval from Livonia Township to expand die area <br />approved for construction and demolition debris disposal (C & D) to a total permitted footprint of <br />75 acres. <br />5. The Mixed Solid Waste and Construction and Demolition Debris operations at dze <br />Landfill therefore cutrendy cover 168 acres. <br />The Application originally proposed the development of additional MSW disposal <br />space on 8.6 acres on dze soudietn most portions of existing Landfill propertST and on 60.2 acres of <br />dze SDA, an increase in dze MSW disposal area within the Landfill from dze existing 93 acres to a <br />total of 162 acres, or an expansion of approxmately 75 percent. <br />7. As revised, the Application proposes an u7crease in the MSW disposal area witlvn dze <br />Landfill of 49.3 acres, an expansion of over 50%. <br />8. Total MSW and C & D disposal areas at die Landfill would be approximately 217 <br />acres if d1e Application is approved. <br />S:\Resofutions\Resolut~m_Den}rinp Application_foL_Comp_Plan_Amend_and_Rezoning?.DOC <br />