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23. ERL, WI\~II, Tiller and their consultants have strongly contested the methodology <br />and findings of the HKGi reports, and the City Council has listened to and carefully considered the <br />evidence and testimony presented by the applicants and their consultants. The City=Council also <br />recognizes the inherent difficulty in attempting to project the potential impacts of a current land use <br />on future development which may or ma~T not occur decades from now. <br />24. However, it is the conclusion of the CitS~ Council that an expansion of the Landfill <br />will inevitably have a long term negative impact on economic development within and tax revenue <br />generated by at least a portion of the North Highway 10 area of the CitS=, in particular the SDA and <br />the area immediately surrounding the SDA. Given the importance of dis area to the future of the <br />City, the City Council cannot ignore these impacts. <br />25. The City= Council has also considered potential impacts of the Landfill expansion on <br />the Economic Development Strategic Plan prepared by the Elk River Economic Development <br />Audzority and the Elk River Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Expansion of the Landfill <br />could have a negative impact on the following goals in that plan: <br />To di~Tersify the corrunercial/industrial tax base of the CitS= to strive for <br />higher quality developments including professional services, corporate <br />campuses, energy related and technology businesses; <br />To preserve high pi7ority commercial areas for development; <br />To identify and project a higher unage and vision for the City= that enables <br />the City to successfully recruit and retain the desired commercial/industrial <br />development identified abo~=e. <br />26. The City Council finds that an additional expansion of the Landfill., beyond that <br />approved in 1997 by the City and in 1998 by Livonia Township, is not consistent with the City's <br />policies and goals as reflected in the City's Comprehensive Plan and die v=ork of its Economic <br />S:\Resolutions\Resolut~n_Denyin~Application_for_Comp_Plan_Amend_and_Rezoning 2.DOC <br />