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RESOLUTION NO. 11- 56 • City Council City of Elk Rrver A Resolution Approving the Application of Elk River Landfill, Inc. for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Allow Expansion of the Elk River Landfill WHEREAS, Elk River Landfill, Inc. (ERL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc. (WMI), is the owner and operator of the Elk River Landfill (Landfill); and WHEREAS, Capital Land Group, a land holding company for Tiller Corporation (Tiller), is the owner of an approximately 109-acre parcel of land located immediately south of the existing Landfill (Tiller Property); and WHEREAS, ERL and Tiller submitted a land use application in 2009 (2009 Application) to the City requesting an amendment to the City's 2004 Comprehensive Plan to amend the Land • ive Plan to char e the land use desi ation of the 109-acre Use Map Element of the Comprehens g gn Tiller Property from "Mining" to "Landfill," an amendment to the City of Elk River Zoning Map to rezone the 109-acre Tiller Property from A-1(ME), Agricultural Conservation (Mineral Excavation), to A-1(SWF), Agricultural Conservation (Solid Waste Facility) and a Conditional Use Permit and Solid Waste Facilities License to allow expansion of the Landfill onto the 109- acre Tiller Property; and WHEREAS, the 2009 Application was considered by the Elk River Planning Commission and the Elk River City Council and denied by the City Council on September 21, 2009; and WHEREAS, WMI and Tiller subsequently applied, on June 27, 2011 (2011 Application), for a smaller expansion of the Landfill, requesting: •