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RESOLUTIOI~1 NO. 09- 51 <br />A Resolution ®enying the Application of Elk River Landfill, Inc. for a <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezoning to Allow Expansion of the Ellc <br />River Landf II <br />~~=1HEREAS, Ells River Landfill, Inc. (ERL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taste <br />Management, Inc. (WMI), is the owner and operator of the Ells River Landfill. (Landfill); and <br />WHEREAS, Capital Land Group, a land holding company for Tiller Corporation (Tiller), is <br />the owner of an approximately 109-acre parcel of land identified as the Southern Development Area <br />(SDA) located immediately soud~ of the existing Landfill; and <br />WHEREAS, ERL and Tiller have submitted a land use application (Application) to the CitS= <br />requesting: <br />An amendment to the City's 2004 Comprehensive Plan to amend the Land <br />Use Map Element of the Comprehensive Plan to change the land use designation of the 109- <br />acre SDA from "Mining" to "Landfill"; and <br />2. An amendment to the City of Ells River Zoning Map to rezone the 109-acre <br />SDA from A-1(ME), Agricultural Consei-~=anon (Mineral Excavation), to A-1(SWF), <br />Agricultural Consei-~=anon (Solid Waste Facifit5=); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes and the Elk River City <br />Code, the Application was referred to the City of Ells River Planning Con-unission for the purpose <br />of holding a public hearing and making a recommendation to the Ells River Citj= Council on the <br />Application; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Co1l~unission held a public hearing on the Application on June 9, <br />2009, at which time ERL, WMI, Tiller and their consultants were provided as much time as they <br />S:\Resolutions\Resolution_Denying_,Application_foi_Comp_PIan=Amend_and_Rezonin~ ~.DOC <br />