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ITEM # 5.1. <br /> • <br /> City of <br /> Elk -�-� <br /> River <br /> MEMORANDUM • <br /> TO: Planning Commission <br /> FROM: Stephen Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator <br /> DATE: January 22, 2002 512 <br /> SUBJECT: Request to Construct Electrical Generation Facility at the Elk <br /> River Landfill by Waste Management and the Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities — Case # CU 02-01/P.H. <br /> Request <br /> Waste Management, the Elk River Municipal Utilities and Sherburne County are jointly <br /> working on a project to construct a facility at the Elk River Landfill to produce electricity <br /> 11111 from landfill gas. The project requires approval of a conditional use permit. <br /> Attachments <br /> A letter dated,December 31,2001,from Bryan Adams, General Manager of the Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities. <br /> Site plan, building layout and building elevation for the proposed structure. <br /> Review <br /> There is currently a generator at the landfill producing 525KW. The proposal is to replace <br /> the existing generator with up to 4 new ones capable of producing an ultimate electrical <br /> capacity of 3200KW. This is enough electricity to serve more than 2,000 homes from a <br /> resource that would otherwise be wasted (landfill gas). <br /> The generators will be housed in a building that will also include offices and a meeting room. <br /> The meeting room will be used for educational purposes for energy and waste issues. This <br /> project will be an Energy City Demonstration. <br /> Staff did have the city's environmental consultant for the landfill review this request. His <br /> comments are reflected in the stipulations below. The Landfill's conditional use permit was <br /> recently reviewed and renewed. Staff is proposing that this issue be made an addendum to <br /> that exiting CUP. Staff also agrees with Bryan Adams'comment in his attached letter that <br /> 41111 <br /> drainage is not an issue with this request. <br />