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03/09/2010 16:18 + BRIGGS ~vtORGAN ~Y1P1_S 1 PAGE 11/E,0 <br />.~7~~C~t1V~ w~L~, al'S' <br />The Ellc River Landfill, Sao, (ERI:,.) proposes to develop as a,dditioz~al appxo~citnately 13 acres of <br />Municipal Solid Waste (IvYSW)lanflixll space on the soutlxexn-most po~•tion, of the exis~ing 137.A~- <br />acres Iaiid~ll property -- that is, tlxe property wbuch is south of flee c:~cisijing approved disposal <br />area to the edge of the existing 137,4-acre laudfil2 property. The existing solid waste landfill <br />will reach its cuxxentiy permitted eapacity in appxoximezely ~f1v-ee years, and ~;e pa~posed <br />expaz~gion will provide appx'oxun,?tely 1,671,000 cubic yards of additional ZvES'W capacity. ?,,t <br />Cll(T'C~,~; waSt~' ~IO~A~9, Ibis additional capacity would extend the vperatioxzal life of tlae landfill <br />approxirxlatcly 4 to7 yeaxs esxd provide additional 1aUdfitl capacity foz tl).e City of Elk River <br />(City), Sherbuane County, and sur..roundiutg area. <br />The proa~osed expansion is on land cuaTently within the Solid Waste Facility ovexlay 2onizag <br />district, This .A.pplicat7orr xequests the City to anrez~d the existing Conditional Use Perxvit and <br />Solid Waste pacility license to provide for the proposed Expatxsaon o~'the latadfiII to the southern <br />edlxe of the facility's curaeo,t property. <br />The proposed expansion is consistent wzth The goals axzd policies contained in the City's 200A~ <br />Coxztpreheusi.ve Pfau, The proposed expansion would not xequixe additional City in~'astructuxe <br />or services. 'The proposed cxparasion world benefit the cornruuz),ity by providing access to stable <br />mid. reliaUle solid waste sorvice, azs well as a sustainable alteatzativc ertexgy source. <br />The pxoposed ex~d use for the site would continue to be open space, whicia would be cozxipatible <br />with any Rdjacent Iitture developzn.eut to tlxe west, east acrd south. <br />xM~as~taosct~rnrr~•e~rso Rmuitfinat (a).eQ• <br />iV <br />