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~~TILLER <br />CORPORATION <br />Corporate Office: <br />PC.) 13ox 7450 <br />'20Q 1-letnlock Lane, Suite 200 <br />1\Qaple Grove, Minnesota a73:1.i <br />June 22, 2009 <br />Planning Cornmissicm <br />City of Elk River <br />130fi5 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br />Tiller Coxporation <br />atzd itG operntin„ divisions <br />Barton Sand & Gravel Co, <br />Commercial Asphalt Co. <br />13a1".on Enterprises, lnc. <br />general: (763) 425-4191 <br />facsimile: (75.) 4?5-i153 <br />web: i~-ww.tillercorp.com <br />Re: P~equest by Elk River Landfill for Land Use Amendment, Case No. LU-09-U1 <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />The purpose of. this letter is to reiterate our sLtpport for 'Elk River Landfill's request to change the <br />land use of our property to allow the expansion of their landfill. Further, we write to express <br />our continued dissatisfaction. with the faulty assumptions and thus conclusions of the HKGi <br />study of the gravel mining district. <br />Back rg ound <br />Tiller Corporation is the parent company of Barton Sand & Gravel Co. which has been. actively <br />mining in Elk River far over 40 years. Capital Land Group is a land holding company for Tiller <br />Corporation and owner of the subject property. Together the companies own slightly more than <br />800 acres within the City. ~~'e also own the property to the north of the landfill in Livonia <br />Township. Elk River Landfill is seeking to expand its existing MSW facility on a portion of our <br />adjacent property to the south of the landfill. <br />Much of the recent discussion in rlegard to the landfill has to do tnlith the HKGi study of the <br />gravel mining district'. This final report ~~•as dated June 2, ?009 and provided to us two business <br />days prior to the Planning Commission meeting where it was to be discussed. Despite the fact <br />that many of HKGi's conclusions were based on how our mining will proceed and what the <br />development intent may be for our property, we were never asked to provide information, <br />consulted, or met with any members of their team. Therefore, we are not surprised that the <br />information they have provided is in error and their conclusions faulty. To help clarify our <br />plans eve presented information before the Planning Commission on June 9, 2009 and we are <br />providing this letter as further guidance. <br />"Iii: Sfi11IiJ Z((AS Z1Y1~~litRl~1/ ~7lZHlIC72Bd RS i1 Sfit({l/ 0`fJ1E gt'RUCI witting d2SfY1C'~. t'L'071'eZ+CY, it ended iin being a sfuity of just <br />our proi~erh/, b'Ue rare eincertrain cohy sf,aff rnndc the decision to limit i!s s,:.n~re. <br />~1anc~r~~f 4~1a3/ca <br />~ ~ G r =Yl l (~C(' ~1 C. ~'Y i ~(..~~ S . ~_l GTX.: <br />~~'~`~ ~: 1. <br />This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer <br />